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Jackson Mill, Missouri

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65608. It lies in Jackson Mill Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Goodhope quadrangle.

Jackson Mill within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 12 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

46 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Jackson Mill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 662 acres in total. None started naturally. 11 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 burning29
Arson/incendiarism11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
13 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation220622-03401-08132020-2108
12 August 2019Debris and open burning5.2 acresMissouri Department of Conservation179174-03401-08122019-2052
6 July 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177291-03437-07062018-1345
14 July 2020Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation220571-03437-07142020-1340
8 April 1995Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 April 1995Debris and open burning40 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 April 1992Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 April 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Jackson Mill: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, 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
Roberts DiggingsZinc, LeadPast Producer
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Douglas 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
Roy1.7 miles12
Goodhope2.0 miles12
Arno3.2 miles13
Red Bank3.5 miles12
Rome3.9 miles13
Smallett4.6 miles14
Hest4.9 miles13
Merritt5.1 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740960. 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.