Jobe, Missouri
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Jobe Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65690. It stands on Lick Branch. The Survey maps it on the Myrtle quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1944 USGS Couch quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Couch quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Myrtle quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS West Plains quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
37 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Jobe between 1992 and 2020, burning about 325 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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/undetermined | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 12 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177402-07526-08122018-1910 |
| 4 July 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 2 May 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 123610-07525-05022015-1405 |
| 9 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178515-07526-04092019-1100 |
| 9 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 21 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176632-07526-04212018-1000 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Jobe: 4 past producers, 3 occurrences. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ab and Carl Johnson | Iron | Occurrence | Surface | |
| Carl Johnson Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | Surface | |
| Elbert Roberts Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Mrs. Alma Overstreet | Iron | Past Producer | 1944 | |
| Mrs.Ella Roberts Property | Iron | Past Producer | 1936 | |
| Roy Leamon Property | Iron | Occurrence | Surface | |
| Willard Williams Mine | Iron | Past Producer |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740968. 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.






