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Mosher, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Ste. Genevieve Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63670. The Survey maps it on the Sainte Genevieve quadrangle.

Mosher within Ste. Genevieve County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 19 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

6 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Mosher between 2014 and 2020, burning about 18 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Debris and open burning1
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
30 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use13 acresMissouri Department of Conservation230754-09540-09302020-1250
27 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
11 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation230661-09540-05112020-1925
1 December 2020Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation251196-09540-12012020-1440
12 October 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation230840-09540-10122020-2345
19 January 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation176097-80001-01192018-1251

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ste. Genevieve County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Mosher: 17 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Marble, Dimension, 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
Inkley Marble QuarryMarble, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Peerless Mine and MillCalciumProducer
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Naeger BankIronPast Producer
Peter Naeger ProspectIronPast Producer
Inkley QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Roth QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Southern Missouri QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Ste. Genevieve 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
Sainte Genevieve2.0 miles19
Saint Jude Acres2.1 miles19
Thomure2.4 miles19
Marlo2.5 miles19
Little Rock Landing2.5 miles19
New Bourbon3.3 miles19
Zell3.7 miles18
Quarry Town4.9 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 721737. 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.