Jerico, Missouri

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Gasconade Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65746. The Survey maps it on the Mansfield NW quadrangle.

Jerico within Wright County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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.

1951 USGS Mansfield NW quadrangle1:24000
1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
1977 USGS Mansfield NW quadrangle1:24000
1983 USGS Mountain Grove quadrangle1:100000
1985 USGS Mansfield NW quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

15 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Jerico between 1992 and 2016, burning about 130 acres in total. None 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 burning	11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Arson/incendiarism	1
Equipment and vehicle use	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
11 September 2000	Debris and open burning	22 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
25 April 1997	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
13 April 1997	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
6 March 1994	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
27 March 1997	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
23 March 2000	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
17 March 1995	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
13 March 2011	Debris and open burning	25 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wright County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Jerico: 23 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Lead, Zinc, Lead, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Berry Mine	Zinc	Past Producer
Gaskill Mine	Zinc	Past Producer
Mansfield Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Tarbutton Mine	Zinc	Past Producer
Unknown - Ls	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown - Ls	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Mcmullin Mines	Zinc, Lead	Past Producer
Prock Diggings	Lead	Past Producer
Unknown - Lead	Lead	Past Producer
Unknown - Lead + Zinc	Zinc, Lead	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Wright 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Antrim	1.7 miles	12
Midway	2.9 miles	12
Umpire	3.6 miles	12
Cedar Gap	4.8 miles	15
New Grove	4.9 miles	12
Mansfield	6.8 miles	13
Odin	7.1 miles	12
Duncan	7.4 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740966. 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.