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Blue Mills, Missouri

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Fort Osage Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64058. The Survey maps it on the Missouri City quadrangle.

Blue Mills within Jackson County

On record in Blue Mills

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 24 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.

In the county-history sources

3,445 words on this township

The History of Jackson County, Missouri, Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, Etc., Biographical Sketches of Its Citizens, Jackson County in the Late War... History of Missouri, Map of Jackson County .., published 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Fort Osage Township covers boundaries and general features, the oldest township in the county, pioneers of ft. osage township, general sibley, fort sibley, town of sibley laid out in 1836.

Read the chapter on Fort Osage Township - 3,445 words.

Fires near this place

17 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Blue Mills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 28 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
Debris and open burning8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
12 August 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177819-02412-08122018-1657
8 April 2020Debris and open burning4.6 acresMissouri Department of Conservation190395-04828-04082020-1735
30 April 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
30 April 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
30 April 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
16 April 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178717-04828-04162019-1300
11 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation190428-04828-04112020-2045
3 March 2018Debris and open burning3.5 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177249-02412-03032018-0242

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Blue Mills: 13 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Unknown-Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Iowa Point QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Parkville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown-LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown-LsStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown-LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown-LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown-LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown-LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown-LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jackson County

Storms near this place

2 since 2024

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Blue Mills in 2 storm reports between 2024 and 2025: 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2025Thunderstorm WindBlue Mills-Downed tree limbs and wires near Lentz Road.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindBlue Mills-Downed trees in the Blue Mills area.

Every storm recorded in Jackson 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
Ripley1.2 miles24
Cobbler1.7 miles24
Atherton2.5 miles24
Eton2.8 miles24
Lake City3.7 miles23
Adams4.4 miles23
East Independence4.6 miles23
Courtney4.8 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 735521. 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.