Mount Zion, Missouri
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Osage Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64740. The Survey maps it on the Lowry City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 20 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.
- 1887 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1941 USGS Lowry City quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1945 USGS Lowry City quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Harry S Truman Reservoir quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Lowry City quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
53 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Mount Zion between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,516 acres in total. None started naturally. 33 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 33 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 22 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 133 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | KNISLEY SOUTH |
| 18 July 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 14 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 108 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | HAY CREEK |
| 29 April 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 44 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176887-04200-04292018-2000 |
| 22 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 403 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | ANDERSON POINT |
| 14 April 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 14 April 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Mount Zion: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Clay | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Davis Rock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Kneiskey Ls. Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ss. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brownington | 4.9 miles | 20 | |
| Gaines | 5.0 miles | 18 | |
| Finey | 5.0 miles | 19 | |
| Consville (historical) | 5.0 miles | 20 | |
| Coal | 7.6 miles | 18 | |
| Deepwater | 7.7 miles | 18 | |
| Tightwad | 8.0 miles | 18 | |
| Sparrow | 9.2 miles | 18 |
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 Mount Zion | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27985270 | 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 722924. 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.










