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Moccasin Springs, Missouri

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Shawnee Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63755. It lies near Sheppard Point. The Survey maps it on the Ware quadrangle.

Moccasin Springs within Cape Girardeau County

On record in Moccasin Springs

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 25 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

17 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Moccasin Springs between 1994 and 2020, burning about 60 acres in total. 1 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 burning8
Arson/incendiarism4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
8 July 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreShawnee National ForestPINE HILLS CAMP GROU
14 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresShawnee National ForestFESCUE FIRE
7 April 2017Natural1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 April 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreShawnee National ForestSTATE FOREST ROAD
7 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreShawnee National ForestWARE FIRE
6 March 1994Debris and open burning1.0 acresShawnee National Forestnot named
12 March 2008Debris and open burning2.0 acresShawnee National ForestGRAND VIEW
10 March 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresShawnee National ForestHARRY O

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cape Girardeau County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Moccasin Springs: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Unknown S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cape Girardeau 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
Bainbridge3.1 miles25
Egypt Mills3.2 miles25
Oriole4.1 miles20
Neelys Landing4.2 miles26
Lovejoy6.7 miles26
Leemon6.9 miles20
Hines Landing8.2 miles26
Fruitland9.6 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 741076. 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.