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Jamesville, Missouri

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Cass Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65631. It stands on Finley Creek. The Survey maps it on the Highlandville quadrangle. It stands 1,263 feet above sea level.

Jamesville within Stone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

44 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Jamesville between 1992 and 2011, burning about 327 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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/incendiarism7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
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
8 September 2011Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 May 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 May 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 May 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 May 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 May 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 April 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
3 April 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stone County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Jamesville: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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 - IronIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Stone County

Storms near this place

24 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jamesville in 24 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 8 flash flood, 5 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 heavy rain. 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
June 2015FloodJamesville$50,000Route U along the James River was flooded and closed. This storm report will contain the overall storm damage estimates across the entire Stone County for this storm event. Several roads, bridges, and low water crossings were heavily damaged.
March 2020Flash FloodJamesville$10,000A vehicle was reported swept away by flood waters near the Silver Lake Branch on Highway U. No injuries were reported and the passengers self rescued.
August 2018HailJamesville$2,000A bus driver reported golf ball size hail in Hootontown. Minor damage was reported to the bus and some roofs.
May 2025Heavy RainJamesville-CoCoRaHS station measured a 24 hour rainfall total of 3.07 inches.
March 2023Flash FloodJamesville-Highway U at the Silver Lake Branch was flooded and impassable.
March 2023Flash FloodJamesville-Route U was closed at the Silver Lake Branch and James River due to flooding.
May 2022FloodJamesville-Highway U at Silver Lake Branch was flooded and impassable.
May 2022FloodJamesville-A successful water rescue was performed at Hootentown on the James River.
March 2022HailJamesville-Quarter sized hail was reported.
March 2022Thunderstorm WindJamesville-Large tree limbs of 5 to 6 inches were reported down.
August 2022HailJamesville-Ping pong ball sized hail was reported in northern Stone County.
March 2021Flash FloodJamesville-Highway U was closed at the Silver Lake Branch where high water made the road impassable.
March 2021Thunderstorm WindJamesville-Winds were estimated at 65 to 70 mph.
March 2021Thunderstorm WindJamesville-Several large trees were reported down blocking Highway U near Lack Branch Road.
October 2021Flash FloodJamesville-Highway U at the Silver Lake Branch low water crossing was flooded and impassable.
March 2020HailJamesville-Quarter sized hail was reported.
March 2020Flash FloodJamesville-Law enforcement reported a car stuck in the water near the James River, Hootentown access.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindJamesville-Two large oak trees were blown down along Highway U.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindJamesville-A large 3 to 4 inch diameter limb was knocked out of a tree.
August 2018Heavy RainJamesville-The COCORAHS station MO-SE-34 reported a rainfall total of 3.62 inches.
August 2018Flash FloodJamesville-A flooded roadway and large tree were reported down at the low-water crossing near the intersection of Highway U and Sliver Lake Branch Creek.
June 2015Heavy RainJamesville-At the Hidden Valley Golk Links in northeast Stone County, 5.00 inches of rainfall was reported in the last 24 hours.
April 2011Flash FloodJamesville-Highway O was closed due to flooding.
May 2018HailJamesville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Stone 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
Possum Trot3.3 miles12
School5.1 miles12
Union City5.2 miles12
White City5.7 miles12
Ponce de Leon5.9 miles12
Hurley7.1 miles12
Browns Spring7.5 miles12
Oto8.3 miles12

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 JamesvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q28368451The 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 740962. 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.