Jingo, Kansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Sugar Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66040. The Survey maps it on the New Lancaster quadrangle. It stands 994 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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 Mound City quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Mound City quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS New Lancaster quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Butler quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
24 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Jingo between 2012 and 2020, burning about 79 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 180076 |
| 26 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 15-0132 |
| 16 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 15-0125 |
| 8 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 20 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge | HIGHWAY 69 SOUTH |
| 7 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 180061 |
| 5 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 32 |
| 27 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 180041 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jingo in 3 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2025 | Hail | Jingo | - | Quarter sized hail was reported along US Highway 69 north of Linn Valley. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jingo | - | There were 15-20 power poles snapped or leaned over along Highway 69 at Jingo intersection. These winds then moved east and produced widespread damage in western and central Bates County, Missouri. |
| July 1995 | Hail | Jingo | - | Miami County Emergency Management Director reported one inch hail at Jingo. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Lancaster | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Drexel Corner | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Fontana | 7.7 miles | 15 | |
| Block | 9.2 miles | 17 | |
| Henson | 11.4 miles | 17 | |
| Beagle | 13.8 miles | 15 | |
| Somerset | 14.4 miles | 17 | |
| Ringer | 14.4 miles | 17 |
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 Jingo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q17199003 | 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 477639. 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.
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.







