Lakenan, Missouri
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63468. The Survey maps it on the Lakenan quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1903 USGS Palmyra quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Lakenan quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
15 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Lakenan between 2002 and 2020, burning about 213 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 210548-10243-05102020-0300 |
| 3 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190370-10243-04032020-0955 |
| 28 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176820-10243-04282018-1347 |
| 19 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 101 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176812-10243-04192018-1936 |
| 17 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176813-10243-04172018-1952 |
| 17 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176814-10243-04172018-2010 |
| 17 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.1 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176815-10243-04172018-1552 |
| 12 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 9.1 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178575-10243-04122019-1130 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Lakenan: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cluskey Pottery Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Huggins Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lakenan in 3 storm reports between 2007 and 2019: 2 tornado, 1 hail. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2019 | Hail | Lakenan | - | It hailed for at least 5 minutes with a lot of quarter sized hail stones along U.S. Highway 36 near State Highway T. Many people on the road had to pull over to wait the storm out in this area. |
| February 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Lakenan | - | As the tornado crossed from far north central Monroe County into southern Shelby County it struck a farmstead just north of County Line Road. At this location two small grain bins were destroyed, one of which was wrapped around a power pole a quarter of a mile to the east. A larger grain bin was partially shifted off its foundation, and suffered a partial collapse on its west side. A nearby windmill was also destroyed. The damage was rated EF0, with a maximum wind speed around 80 mph and a width of 20 yards. The total overall length of the tornado for both Monroe and Shelby counties was 2 miles. |
| March 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Lakenan | - | As the tornado moved into Shelby County from Monroe County, it destroyed a pole barn on U.S. Highway 36 about 2 miles west northwest of Lakenan. The debris field stretched 150 yards to the northeast. The tornado then lifted and dissipated. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kendall | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Hunnewell | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Shelbina | 5.1 miles | 9 | |
| Oakdale | 6.2 miles | 10 | |
| Walkersville | 7.8 miles | 9 | |
| Emden | 9.8 miles | 11 | |
| Shelbyville | 10.4 miles | 9 | |
| Lentner | 10.9 miles | 9 |
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 Lakenan | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q16893929 | 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 720759. 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.




