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Jeffriesburg, Missouri

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63084. The Survey maps it on the Union quadrangle.

Jeffriesburg within Franklin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

20 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Jeffriesburg between 1994 and 2020, burning about 58 acres in total. 1 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 burning13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Natural1
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
3 September 2001Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
26 April 2014Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 April 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution3.8 acresMissouri Department of Conservation190364-03620-04012020-1921
1 April 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation121807-03620-04012015-1332
9 March 2014Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 March 2014Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
20 March 1995Natural20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
15 March 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Jeffriesburg: 18 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Fire Clay (Refractory), 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
Mueller ProspectIronPast Producer
Gravel Plant # 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel Plant # 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kasmann QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Unknown - Ss.FlagstonePast Producer
Crow PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Maune PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Unknown - ClayFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Franks MineLeadPast Producer
Jack MinesLeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Franklin County

Storms near this place

7 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jeffriesburg in 7 storm reports between 2008 and 2026: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2014Thunderstorm WindJeffriesburg1 hurtThunderstorm winds blew down several large trees and numerous tree limbs. Five miles west of Union on Highway AJ, three power poles were snapped. In Union, a man was briefly trapped in his car by fallen trees. He only sustained minor injuries.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindJeffriesburg$3,000Thunderstorm winds blew down several power lines near the intersection of U.S. Highway 50 and Route AJ.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindJeffriesburg-Thunderstorm winds uprooted a large tree in Union and another northwest of Union. The storm downed several other trees along its path between Union and Wildwood.
May 2013Tornado (EF1)Jeffriesburg-A tornado touched down just west of Highway UU, around 3.5 miles southwest of Union. Most of the damage consisted of snapped and downed trees and broken tree limbs. Five homes located along Indian Prairie Lane between Union and St. Clair suffered minor roof damage. The tornado lifted and dissipated just south of the intersection of Meramec Terrace Road and Indian Acres Road, around 3.4 miles southwest of Robertsville. The tornado path length was 10 miles with a max path width of 550 yards. The damage was rated EF1 with max wind speeds of 105 MPH.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindJeffriesburg-Thunderstorm winds blew down several large trees near the intersection of U.S. Highway 50 and Highway EE.
April 2013HailJeffriesburg-no account filed
June 2008HailJeffriesburg-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Franklin 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
Neier3.6 miles21
Union4.3 miles21
Krakow4.5 miles21
Clover Bottom4.7 miles21
Fourmile Corner5.4 miles21
Beaufort5.5 miles19
Noser Mill6.4 miles19
Greenstreet6.5 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 720286. 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.