Lake Mykee Town, Missouri
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 2000. It stands in Cedar Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65043. The Survey maps it on the New Bloomfield quadrangle. 350 people lived here at the 2010 count. It stands 837 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 22 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.
- 1886 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1939 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS New Bloomfield quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:100000
- 2000 USGS New Bloomfield quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
44 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Lake Mykee Town between 1999 and 2020, burning about 106 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 | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 29 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 29 June 2011 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 123830-01416-05042015-0000 |
| 15 May 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 136691-01416-05152016-1212 |
| 5 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 21 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176616-01416-04212018-1349 |
| 20 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.5 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178643-01416-04202019-1558 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Lake Mykee Town: 14 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Dickson Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Huesgens Prospect | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Holts Summit Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Bartlett Bank | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Bloomfield Bank | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holts Summit | 2.7 miles | 22 | |
| New Bloomfield | 3.1 miles | 22 | |
| Ellerslie (historical) | 3.1 miles | 22 | |
| Howards Bluff (historical) | 3.4 miles | 22 | |
| Folsom | 4.8 miles | 24 | |
| Guthrie | 5.6 miles | 21 | |
| North Jefferson | 5.8 miles | 26 | |
| Dixie | 5.8 miles | 22 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Lake Mykee Town | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2134672 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1669594. 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.











