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Millcreek, Missouri

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1989. It stands in St. Michael Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63645. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fredericktown quadrangle.

Millcreek within Madison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 17 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

82 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Millcreek between 1999 and 2020, burning about 486 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning54
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Arson/incendiarism4
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
29 July 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
17 June 2016Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation138072-06205-06172016-1758
5 May 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined34 acresMark Twain National ForestCHEROKEE
4 May 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation124053-06205-05042015-1606
3 May 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation124052-06205-05032015-1412
6 April 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 April 2014Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 64 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 64 workings within 5 miles of Millcreek: 59 past producers, 2 prospects, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Lead, Lead, Cobalt, Copper, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Buckeye MineCobalt, Copper, Iron, Lead, NickelPast Producer
Fox MineCobalt, Lead, Copper, NickelPast ProducerGalena
Fredericktown DepositsLead, Nickel, Copper, Zinc, CobaltPast ProducerREPLACEMENT, DISSEMINATED SULFIDES.
Fredricktown ClaimCobalt, Nickel, Lead, GoldProducerAnglesite, Bornite, Covellite, Galena
Madison MineLead, Copper, Cobalt, Nickel, Iron, SilverPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite
Madison MineCobalt, Copper, Lead, Nickel, Sulfur-PyritePast Producer1847, 1944
Old Copper MinesLead, Copper, Cobalt, Nickel, IronPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Linnaeite, Malachite
Revelle ProspectCobalt, Copper, Lead, Nickel, SilverProspect
SchulteCopper, Lead, CobaltPast ProducerGalena
Shaft Number OneCopper, Zinc, Lead, CobaltPast Producer

Every working recorded in Madison County

Storms near this place

5 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Millcreek in 5 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2024Tornado (EF0)Millcreek$50,000A tornado touched down 3.8 miles southwest of Fredericktown on County Road 503, uprooting a large tree. The tornado tracked to the northeast towards Fredericktown, crossing over U.S. Highway 67, just south of intersection with Highway 72. On the northwest side of town it caused minor shingle damage to one house and blew down a few more large trees. Then on the north side of town, the tornado it blew a large portion of roof off of an open sided outbuilding, tore off a car port roof on a house and uprooted or snapped off several more large trees. The tornado then lifted and dissipated on Schulte Lane, just west of Highway 72. Overall, the tornado was rated EF0 with a path length of 4.27 miles and max path width of 334 yards. No deaths or injuries were reported.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindMillcreek-Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree onto Highway C near intersection with U.S. Highway 67.
February 2011Thunderstorm WindMillcreek-Thunderstorm winds blew down a couple of power lines, snapped off a large tree and blew the roof off of a barn.
May 2011Tornado (EF1)Millcreek-A tornado touched down just to the southwest of Fredericktown near the intersection of County Roads 500 and 501 where large tree limbs were blown down. The tornado then crossed Old U.S. 67 and either uprooted or snapped several cedar and oak trees as it moved northeast along County Road 201. The diameter of the tree trunks ranged from 2 to 3 feet. About 100 yards northeast of County Road 201, a machine shed composed of large cement bricks was severely damaged. Additional tree damage occurred north and northeast of the machine shed. An older machine shed was damaged 100 yards southwest of the City of Fredericktown. A two vehicle garage located across County Road 201 was completely destroyed. One vehicle in the garage was severely damaged. Within the southwest city limits of Fredericktown medium to large branches (3 to 10 inches) in diameter were snapped by the tornado. There was damage to a fence at a tennis court and also at a baseball park. Additional tree damage was located just south of Main Street. Half a mile northeast of the downtown area, medium size tree branches were downed in a residential area. Some of the large tree limbs damaged one home. Another nearby home lost over 60 percent of its roof covering. The tornado then struck a distributing company which transports Styrofoam blocks on State Highway J just northeast of the intersection with Highway 72. The large blocks weighing around 300 pounds each were tossed 40 to 80 yards to the northeast. The tornado continued to the east along State Highway J for about another mile before lifting and dissipating. The total damage track was 5.5 miles, while damage width was between 30 to 40 yards. The damage intensity was rated EF1.
April 2022HailMillcreek-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Madison County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Cobalt Village1.7 miles17
Fredericktown2.4 miles17
Cherokee Pass2.6 miles20
Catherine Place3.4 miles17
Junction City3.6 miles17
Creek Nation4.2 miles19
Central4.7 miles20
Tin Mountain5.3 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 751089. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.