Mossy Resort, Missouri

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Cullen Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65584. It lies near Gillis Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Devils Elbow quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Mossy Resort within Pulaski County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 22 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.

1936 USGS Waynesville quadrangle1:48000
1942 USGS Waynesville quadrangle1:62500
1944 USGS Waynesville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1954 USGS Devils Elbow quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
1954 USGS Waynesville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
1976 USGS Devils Elbow quadrangle1:24000
1982 USGS Lebanon quadrangle1:100000
2004 USGS Devils Elbow quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

34 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Mossy Resort (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 657 acres in total. None 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 burning	17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7
Arson/incendiarism	4
Smoking	3
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Recreation and ceremony	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
10 May 1995	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
9 April 1995	Debris and open burning	40 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
7 April 1992	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
5 April 1992	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
4 April 1994	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
29 April 1997	Misuse of fire by a minor	5.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
20 April 1997	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
17 April 1997	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pulaski County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Mossy Resort (historical): 8 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron. 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	Iron	Past Producer
Devils Elbow Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Fred Gray Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Howard Ready Mix Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Pulaski 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
Riverside (historical)	0.7 miles	22
Morgan Heights	2.4 miles	22
Munger Resort (historical)	2.7 miles	22
Piney End Resort	3.3 miles	20
Hooker	3.3 miles	22
Devils Elbow	3.5 miles	22
Gospel Ridge	3.8 miles	22
Wheelers Mill	3.9 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 753864. 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.