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Jenkins, Missouri

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Jenkins Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65605. It stands on Jenkins Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jenkins quadrangle.

Jenkins within Barry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

97 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Jenkins between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,005 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 burning64
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Arson/incendiarism11
Equipment and vehicle use4

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 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
3 September 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
13 September 1999Debris and open burning20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
31 August 2000Debris and open burning4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
26 August 2000Debris and open burning4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
22 August 2001Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 June 1993Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Barry County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Jenkins: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Lead, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Zinc. 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
Lynn Cave ProspectLead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer
Unknown - Lead-ZincLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Barry County

Storms near this place

29 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jenkins in 29 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 16 hail, 6 flood, 3 flash flood, 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
May 2006Flash FloodJenkins$5,000Excessive rainfall caused flash flooding to occur over a low water bridge that crossed the east fork of Jenks Creek. The low water crossing was completely washed away.
January 2024HailJenkins-Penny sized hail reported via MPing.
May 2022FloodJenkins-Excessive rainfall caused Flat Creek near Jenkins to flood out of its banks.
January 2020FloodJenkins-Excessive rainfall caused Flat Creek to rise out of its banks near Jenkins closing Farm Road 1215 to traffic.
May 2020FloodJenkins-The low water crossing on Highway EE at Flat Creek was closed due to flooding.
April 2017FloodJenkins-Farm Road 1215 north of Highway 248 was impassable due to flood water.
March 2015FloodJenkins-Flat Creek near Jenkins was at minor flood stage according to the river gage.
November 2015FloodJenkins-Excessive rainfall caused Flat Creek to flood in areas of eastern Barry County.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindJenkins-Thunderstorm winds downed a large cedar tree blocking a portion of Farm Road 1195.
March 2007Flash FloodJenkins-Heavy thunderstorms caused Flat Creek to run out of its banks. Several secondary roads along Flat Creek near Jenkins were flooded and impassable to motorists.
May 2006Tornado (F0)Jenkins-A National Weather Service storm survey revealed that a small tornado touched down in a rural area northeast of Jenkins. The tornado caused intermittent tree damage for about one mile.
March 2017HailJenkins-no account filed
May 2017HailJenkins-no account filed
February 2017HailJenkins-no account filed
June 2014HailJenkins-no account filed
April 2014HailJenkins-no account filed
May 2012HailJenkins-no account filed
April 2008HailJenkins-no account filed
May 2006HailJenkins-no account filed
May 2006HailJenkins-no account filed
April 2004HailJenkins-no account filed
April 2004Funnel CloudJenkins-no account filed
May 2003HailJenkins-no account filed
February 2001HailJenkins-no account filed
March 2000Thunderstorm WindJenkins-no account filed
March 2000HailJenkins-no account filed
September 1996Flash FloodJenkins-no account filed
June 1995HailJenkins-no account filed
July 1994HailJenkins-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Barry 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
Leann2.4 miles12
Cato4.0 miles16
Flat Creek (historical)4.1 miles12
Hailey4.8 miles16
Wheelerville5.0 miles12
Scholten5.7 miles12
Dale5.8 miles13
McDowell6.5 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 720287. 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.