Mohawk Corner, Missouri
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1884 and the latest in 1991. It stands in McKinley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65727. It stands on Claude Branch. The Survey maps it on the Sentinel quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 24 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1884 USGS Bolivar quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Bolivar quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1949 USGS Sentinel quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Sentinel quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Hermitage quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Sentinel quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Bolivar quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Sentinel quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
13 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Mohawk Corner between 1992 and 2011, burning about 290 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 burning | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 March 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 March 1997 | Debris and open burning | 60 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 330TH ROAD |
| 13 March 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 28 February 1992 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 29 December 1996 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 29 November 1999 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Mohawk Corner: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburg Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mohawk Corner in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2020: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mohawk Corner | $2,000 | Winds estimated at 60 mph downed several large branches, some of which caused minor damage to a vehicle. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Mohawk Corner | - | no account filed |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 741078. 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.










