Aikinsville, Missouri
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Mill Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65034. The Survey maps it on the Fortuna quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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.
- 1888 USGS Boonville quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1952 USGS Fortuna quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 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
- 1982 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Aikinsville between 1993 and 2018, burning about 130 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 | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 July 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 30 March 1995 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 29 March 1993 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 10 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 121093-07147-03102015-1530 |
| 3 February 2018 | Debris and open burning | 3.1 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177931-07144-02032018-0740 |
| 30 December 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 143891-07147-12302016-1640 |
| 21 October 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 105 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 11 January 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 35 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Aikinsville: 31 past producers, 4 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Zinc, Lead, Coal, Lead, Zinc, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bluff Springs Zinc Mine | Coal, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Boaz Diggings | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Morrison Lead Prospect | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Cotton Tail Diggings | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Hot Springs Mine | Zinc, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Koortz Mines | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Mary M. Mine | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Merrel Mine | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Sharon Mine | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Aikinsville in 2 storm reports between 2021 and 2025: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 | Tornado (EF0) | Aikinsville | $20,000 | A National Weather Service survey found that an EF-0 A tornado touched down south of Mill Creek in Morgan County, Missouri at 4:30 PM on April 20, 2025. This tornado removed multiple turkey/chicken barn roof panels, in addition to breaking several large tree limbs. The tornado lifted at 4:32 PM. |
| April 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aikinsville | - | A personal weather station measured a 61mph wind gust near Fortuna. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740617. 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.







