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Jolly, Missouri

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Berwick Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65723. It stands on Capps Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pierce City quadrangle.

Jolly within Newton County

On record in Jolly

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

3 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Jolly between 1993 and 2001, burning about 10 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 burning2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
10 September 1996Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 March 1993Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 March 2001Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Newton County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Jolly: 16 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Zinc, Zinc, 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
Unknown - SsSilicaPast Producer
Unknown - ZincZincPast Producer
Allen & Stark MineZinc, LeadPast Producer
Unknown - Zn & PbZinc, LeadPast Producer
Newtonia QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Northcutt MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Pierce City Lime Co. North QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Pierce City Lime Co. South QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Pioneer MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Polish Queen MineLead, ZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Newton 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
Center Point1.6 miles11
Berwick2.9 miles11
Chester (historical)4.9 miles11
Fairview5.5 miles11
Newtonia6.3 miles11
Stark City6.5 miles11
Grangeville (historical)6.6 miles11
Wentworth6.7 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740973. 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.