Taskee Station, Missouri
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Black River Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63967. It lies near Smoot Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Hendrickson quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 13 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.
- 1935 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1939 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Hendrickson quadrangle1:24000
- 1968 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:62500
- 1983 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
66 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Taskee Station (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 889 acres in total. None started naturally. 39 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 39 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | WAKEUP |
| 19 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | SALTBOX |
| 14 September 1999 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | POWERLINE |
| 13 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | SOLID ROCK |
| 12 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | BLUE SPRINGS |
| 30 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | SAWDUST |
| 8 July 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 13 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | HORSCH RIDGE |
| 13 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.7 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | POWERLINE 49 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 95 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 95 workings within 5 miles of Taskee Station (historical): 71 past producers, 17 prospects, 6 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farquher Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Usfs Land | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Usfs Land | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Usfs Land | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Aldrich Land | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Archie Garrison Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1932 | |
| Bailey Mine | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Barrett Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Bossiban Bank | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Bowman Bank | Iron | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ladero | 1.1 miles | 13 | |
| Holliday Landing | 3.3 miles | 19 | |
| Kime | 4.9 miles | 19 | |
| Chaonia (historical) | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Williamsville | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| Keener Cave | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Dees Town | 6.5 miles | 17 | |
| Old Greenville (historical) | 7.5 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 739853. 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.








