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Jane, Missouri

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1986. It stands in White Rock Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64856. It lies near Miser Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Jane quadrangle. 359 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,007 feet above sea level.

Jane within McDonald County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

102 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Jane between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,046 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 15 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined36
Debris and open burning35
Arson/incendiarism15
Equipment and vehicle use8
Smoking4
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
24 September 1996Natural1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
23 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation230722-06021-09232020-1715
22 September 1996Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
19 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation230708-06021-09192020-1620
16 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179094-06021-09162019-1500
15 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 August 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
3 August 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McDonald 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 Jane: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Jane QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown - LimestoneStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in McDonald County

Storms near this place

19 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jane in 19 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 11 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud. The reports record 1 death. 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
August 2013Flash FloodJane1 killed, $500,000This storm report will contain the total estimated damages and cost for the flooding event including one fatality for the county. A vehicle was washed off the road on Highway 90 at Brush Creek just west of Jane. She was driving eastbound at 4:50 am when her car was swept into the stream, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Multiple people had to be rescued at campgrounds along the Elk River near Noel. Several roads and low water crossings were severely damaged due to flooding. Several homes were flooded.
October 1993HailJane$50,000no account filed
April 1994HailJane$500Hail fell from 1 N Jane eastward across southeast McDonald County.
April 2026HailJane-Nickle sized hail was reported.
April 2026HailJane-Quarter sized hail was reported.
March 2020HailJane-Nickel to quarter size hail was reported near the Arkansas state line in Jane, MO.
May 2019Flash FloodJane-A water rescue was performed in the Jane area at a low water crossing on Missouri Creek.
March 2017HailJane-This hail report was from social media with a picture.
December 2017Funnel CloudJane-There was a report of a funnel cloud south of Pineville near Jane.
October 2017Thunderstorm WindJane-A few trees were blown down east of Jane along Highway 90.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindJane-Thunderstorm wind gusts downed a large tree that blocked a section of Highway K.
April 1995HailJane-A severe thunderstorm downed trees and produced three-quarters-inch hail.
April 1995Thunderstorm WindJane-A severe thunderstorm downed trees and produced three-quarters-inch hail.
April 2011HailJane-no account filed
January 2005Flash FloodJane-no account filed
May 2003HailJane-no account filed
July 2002HailJane-no account filed
June 1998HailJane-no account filed
February 1997Thunderstorm WindJane-no account filed

Every storm recorded in McDonald 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
Griffin Ford1.3 miles13
Caverna3.8 miles17
Havenhurst4.4 miles13
Arnett4.5 miles14
Crag O Lea5.0 miles13
Deep Ford5.0 miles13
Meadors Ford5.0 miles13
Sugar Beach5.1 miles13

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 JaneAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3473240The 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 729907. 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.