Yukon, Missouri
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Ozark Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65468. The Survey maps it on the Raymondville quadrangle. It stands 1,322 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 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.
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1951 USGS Raymondville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1951 USGS Raymondville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Spring Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
43 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Yukon between 1992 and 2019, burning about 215 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 May 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 April 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 28 April 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 28 April 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 28 April 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 28 April 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Yukon: 10 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Sutton | Iron | Past Producer | 1953 | |
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Baker Quarry | 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 | ||
| 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
8 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Yukon in 8 storm reports between 2001 and 2026: 4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Hail | Yukon | $25,000 | Hail to the size of hen eggs fell in a mainly rural area. A home and a few outbuilding along with at least one vehicle had some minor damage. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Yukon | $10,000 | Report of golf ball size hail. |
| February 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yukon | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yukon | $1,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds downed a large tree which fell on a trailer home. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Yukon | - | Hail to 2.25 inches in diameter fell in Yukon. |
| October 2019 | Heavy Rain | Yukon | - | The CoCoRaHS station MO-TX-7 near Houston reported 5.21 inches of rainfall. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Yukon | - | There was a high water rescue along Foster Road. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Yukon | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Creek | 2.6 miles | 17 | |
| Samoa | 3.4 miles | 19 | |
| Eunice | 4.1 miles | 17 | |
| Raymondville | 4.7 miles | 18 | |
| Tyrone | 5.0 miles | 18 | |
| Solo | 6.2 miles | 18 | |
| Houston | 6.8 miles | 19 | |
| Mineral Springs City | 6.9 miles | 19 |
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 Yukon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3471041 | 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 729215. 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.











