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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.

Taskee Station within Wayne County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 13 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

66 since 1992

Regional 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/incendiarism39
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Debris and open burning8
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Equipment and vehicle use2
Other causes1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
19 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMark Twain National ForestWAKEUP
19 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMark Twain National ForestSALTBOX
14 September 1999Power generation/transmission/distribution5.0 acresMark Twain National ForestPOWERLINE
13 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresMark Twain National ForestSOLID ROCK
12 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMark Twain National ForestBLUE SPRINGS
30 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresMark Twain National ForestSAWDUST
8 July 2005Arson/incendiarism13 acresMark Twain National ForestHORSCH RIDGE
13 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.7 acresMark Twain National ForestPOWERLINE 49

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wayne County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 95 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Farquher QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Usfs LandLeadPast Producer
Unknown - Usfs LandSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - Usfs LandSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Aldrich LandIronPast Producer
Archie Garrison MineIronPast Producer1932
Bailey MineIronProspect
Barrett MineIronPast Producer
Bossiban BankIronPast Producer
Bowman BankIronProspect

Every working recorded in Wayne 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
Ladero1.1 miles13
Holliday Landing3.3 miles19
Kime4.9 miles19
Chaonia (historical)5.3 miles14
Williamsville5.5 miles13
Keener Cave5.9 miles13
Dees Town6.5 miles17
Old Greenville (historical)7.5 miles19

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.