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Yancy Mills, Missouri

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Spring Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65550. It stands on Kitchens Branch. The Survey maps it on the Yancy Mills quadrangle.

Yancy Mills within Phelps County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 26 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

89 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Yancy Mills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,033 acres in total. None started naturally. 20 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 burning37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Arson/incendiarism20
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1

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
1 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
17 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178688-08102-08172018-1242
13 July 1992Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 May 1992Arson/incendiarism25 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.9 acresMark Twain National ForestLANE SPRING
7 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresMark Twain National ForestKAINTUCK
7 April 1995Arson/incendiarism21 acresMark Twain National Forest88
7 April 1995Debris and open burning8.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Phelps County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 27 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Yancy Mills: 12 past producers, 10 prospects, 3 producers, 2 occurrences. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, 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
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Fourche A Courtois MineLeadPast Producer
Roha Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkLeadPast Producer
UnkLeadProspect
Horse Hollow BankIronOccurrenceSurface
Horse Hollow BankIronProspect

Every working recorded in Phelps County

Storms near this place

7 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Yancy Mills in 7 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2024HailYancy Mills-Report of golf ball size hail.
February 2023Thunderstorm WindYancy Mills-Multiple large 1 to 2 inch diameter limbs were downed from a measured wind gust of 58 mph.
April 2022HailYancy Mills-Penny sized hail was reported.
November 2022Thunderstorm WindYancy Mills-A large tree was reported down.
March 2021HailYancy Mills-Hail up to penny size was reported.
August 2018Flash FloodYancy Mills-A trained spotter posted a picture of County Road 7490 flooded over at the Corn Creek Crossing on social media.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindYancy Mills-Severe thunderstorm wind gusts knocked over a large tree near the intersection of Highway 63 and County Road 6020.

Every storm recorded in Phelps 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
Vida4.9 miles26
Flat5.9 miles19
Edgar Springs6.2 miles19
Newburg9.2 miles25
Spring Creek10.3 miles22
Craddock10.5 miles19
Doolittle10.6 miles25
Clementine11.4 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 752993. 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.