Morsey, Missouri

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Camp Branch Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63381. It stands on Camp Branch. The Survey maps it on the Hawk Point quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Morsey within Warren County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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.

1890 USGS Hermann quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1943 USGS Warrenton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1945 USGS Warrenton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
1973 USGS Hawk Point quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1985 USGS Fulton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

1 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Morsey (historical) in 1997, burning about 10 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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	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
17 June 1997	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Warren County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Morsey (historical): 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Clay, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Unknown - S&G	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown - Clay	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Past Producer
Unknown - Clay	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Past Producer
Unknown Clay	Clay	Past Producer
Unknown Clay	Clay	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Warren 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Pin Oak Community	1.7 miles	20
New Truxton	2.0 miles	21
Prairieview (historical)	3.7 miles	21
Pendleton	8.6 miles	21
Warrenton	10.6 miles	21
Truesdale	10.8 miles	21
Abattis (historical)	12.9 miles	21
Macedonia Neighborhood	13.2 miles	21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740068. 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.