BlockYeakley, Missouri
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1884 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Center No. 3 Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65802. It stands on Pond Creek. The Survey maps it on the Brookline 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
8 surveys from 21 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.
- 1884 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:125000
- 1886 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1936 USGS Brookline quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Brookline quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1982 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
15 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Yeakley (historical) between 1997 and 2014, burning about 45 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 | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 31 July 1997 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 30 July 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 20 July 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 16 July 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 28 March 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 28 March 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 12 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 22 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Yeakley (historical): 22 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Lead, Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper. 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 | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Pickerel Creek Diggings | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Helm Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Jackson 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 755663. 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.