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Troy Mills, Missouri

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Benton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63501. The Survey maps it on the Kirksville quadrangle.

Troy Mills within Adair County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

9 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Troy Mills between 1992 and 2019, burning about 42 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 burning6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 April 1992Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
26 April 2019Debris and open burning21 acresMissouri Department of Conservation179302-00000-04262019-1250
2 April 1992Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
31 March 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
26 March 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
14 March 1992Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
14 March 1992Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Adair County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Troy Mills: 8 past producers. None of them 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bailey Limestone Quarry # 4Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Adair 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
Kirksville3.4 miles12
Millard4.0 miles10
Youngstown4.7 miles11
Simler5.3 miles11
Nefy (historical)5.4 miles11
Yarrow5.6 miles11
Bullion6.2 miles9
Tipperary6.6 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 733677. 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.