Moscow Mills, Missouri
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Clark Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63362. It stands on Whitcomb Branch. The Survey maps it on the Troy quadrangle. 3,317 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 531 feet above sea level.
On record in Moscow Mills
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 1 record
Old Rock Houselisted 1972
Population over time
2 figuresMoscow Mills grew from 2,509 to 3,317 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,509 | |
| 2020 | 3,317 | +808 (+32%) |
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.
- 1903 USGS O'Fallon quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1941 USGS Troy quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Troy 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
- 1972 USGS Troy quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Troy quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS St Louis quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Moscow Mills between 1997 and 2011, burning about 4 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 March 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 3 January 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 2 January 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Moscow Mills: 7 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Behrens Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Hammond Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Lincoln Co Hwy Dept | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Lincoln Co Hwy Dept | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
20 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moscow Mills in 20 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 12 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 tornado, 2 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moscow Mills | - | Thunderstorm winds snapped two 6 inch diameter limbs from trees just south of Troy. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moscow Mills | - | Thunderstorm winds destroyed a shed just east of U.S. Highway 61 just north of Moscow Mills. |
| May 2017 | Flood | Moscow Mills | - | The Cuivre River crested about 2 feet over major stage at Old Monroe due to the heavy rainfall. Numerous roads were flooded due to the river flooding. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moscow Mills | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous trees. One tree fell onto Creech Road southwest of Moscow Mills. On Highway KK in Cuivre River State Park, 4 trees were blown over onto the roadway. On Twin Valley Road, a large tree was blown down, knocking the electrical box off of a house. |
| July 2015 | Flood | Moscow Mills | - | The Missouri Highway Patrol reported an operator of a Utility Task Vehicle (UTV) left his residence to make a visual observation of nearby flood waters. The UTV became stuck and the victim started walking in the flood water, and drowned. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moscow Mills | - | Five utility poles were pushed over and were leaning at a 30 degree angle on the northeast side of town. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moscow Mills | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts knocked down several trees and power lines across town. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moscow Mills | - | Several trees and large tree limbs were blown down. One large tree limb was blocking U.S. 61 just west of town. Also, some siding was blown off of a church. |
| June 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Moscow Mills | - | An off duty Sheriff Deputy reported a small tornado near Meyer Road and Highway C. There was no damage. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moscow Mills | - | The County Sheriff reported trees down and minor structural damage to a couple of buildings in Moscow Mills. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moscow Mills | - | Storm spotters reported isolated damage from thunderstorm winds south of Moscow Mills. Two utility poles were damaged, roof shingles blown off, a garage door damaged, and a flag pole was bent over. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moscow Mills | - | Lincoln County EMA reported trees down blocking Highway C near Moscow MiIls. |
| July 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Moscow Mills | - | Law enforcement reported a brief tornado. There was no damage. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Moscow Mills | - | no account filed |
| September 2012 | Hail | Moscow Mills | - | no account filed |
| October 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moscow Mills | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Moscow Mills | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Moscow Mills | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moscow Mills | - | no account filed |
| November 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moscow Mills | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owen (historical) | 3.4 miles | 22 | |
| Fountain N' Lakes | 3.9 miles | 22 | |
| Troy | 4.0 miles | 24 | |
| South Troy | 4.1 miles | 24 | |
| Ethlyn | 4.9 miles | 22 | |
| Chantilly (historical) | 5.3 miles | 22 | |
| Highview (historical) | 5.8 miles | 22 | |
| Chain of Rocks | 6.6 miles | 22 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Moscow Mills | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q964761 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 735732. 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.










