Sni Mills, Missouri
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Van Buren Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64075. It lies near Rattlesnake Hill. The Survey maps it on the Tarsney Lakes quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 18 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.
- 1887 USGS Harrisonville quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Harrisonville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1894 USGS Harrisonville quadrangle1:125000
- 1935 USGS Tarsney quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Tarsney quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Tarsney quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Tarsney Lakes quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Olathe quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Tarsney Lakes quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
10,490 words on this townshipThe History of Jackson County, Missouri, Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, Etc., Biographical Sketches of Its Citizens, Jackson County in the Late War... History of Missouri, Map of Jackson County .., published 1881 names this settlement in its chapter on Van Buren Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
There are three other Baptist churches in the township. New Liberty, Sni Mills and Willow Spring ; all of which, as well as Strasburg, in Cass, Elm Spring, in Johnson, and Concord and Chapel Hill, in Lafayette, mainly grew out of the Lone Jack church.
Passage source: The History of Jackson County, Missouri, Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, Etc., Biographical Sketches of Its Citizens, Jackson County in the Late War... History of Missouri, Map of Jackson County .., published 1881.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Fires near this place
3 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Sni Mills in 2015, burning about 14 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 | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 119947-05161-03072015-1416 |
| 10 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 121302-05161-03102015-1335 |
| 10 November 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 130512-05161-11102015-1308 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Sni Mills: 7 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chapel Hill Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Covenant Enterprises | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Mitchell Qsuarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | 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 |
Storms near this place
2 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sni Mills in 2 storm reports between 2018 and 2025: 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sni Mills | - | Downed wires near Route F in far eastern rural Jackson County. |
| March 2018 | Flash Flood | Sni Mills | - | There were several reports of water over the road in several spots along Missouri Route F between Colbern Road and Hwy 50. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tarsney Lakes | 3.8 miles | 18 | |
| Hicks City | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Tarsney | 4.4 miles | 18 | |
| Oak Grove | 4.4 miles | 21 | |
| Lone Jack | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| Lake Lotawana | 6.0 miles | 18 | |
| Grain Valley | 6.2 miles | 21 | |
| Cockrell | 6.8 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 726660. 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.












