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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 26 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.
- 1912 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Yancy Mills quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1951 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1951 USGS Yancy Mills quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 2004 USGS Yancy Mills quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
89 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 37 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 17 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178688-08102-08172018-1242 |
| 13 July 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 1 May 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.9 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | LANE SPRING |
| 7 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | KAINTUCK |
| 7 April 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 21 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | 88 |
| 7 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 27 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Fourche A Courtois Mine | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Roha Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unk | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Lead | Prospect | ||
| Horse Hollow Bank | Iron | Occurrence | Surface | |
| Horse Hollow Bank | Iron | Prospect |
Storms near this place
7 since 2009Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Hail | Yancy Mills | - | Report of golf ball size hail. |
| February 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yancy Mills | - | Multiple large 1 to 2 inch diameter limbs were downed from a measured wind gust of 58 mph. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Yancy Mills | - | Penny sized hail was reported. |
| November 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yancy Mills | - | A large tree was reported down. |
| March 2021 | Hail | Yancy Mills | - | Hail up to penny size was reported. |
| August 2018 | Flash Flood | Yancy Mills | - | A trained spotter posted a picture of County Road 7490 flooded over at the Corn Creek Crossing on social media. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yancy Mills | - | Severe thunderstorm wind gusts knocked over a large tree near the intersection of Highway 63 and County Road 6020. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vida | 4.9 miles | 26 | |
| Flat | 5.9 miles | 19 | |
| Edgar Springs | 6.2 miles | 19 | |
| Newburg | 9.2 miles | 25 | |
| Spring Creek | 10.3 miles | 22 | |
| Craddock | 10.5 miles | 19 | |
| Doolittle | 10.6 miles | 25 | |
| Clementine | 11.4 miles | 20 |
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.














