BlockAlta Vista, Missouri
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1986. It lies in ZIP code area 64497. The Survey maps it on the Weatherby quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1924 USGS Winston quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Weatherby quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Saint Joseph quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Alta Vista between 1997 and 2018, burning about 717 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 | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 March 1997 | Debris and open burning | 600 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 21 March 1997 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 12 March 1997 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 15 February 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.9 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176027-03220-02152018-1035 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Alta Vista: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
Storms near this place
8 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Alta Vista in 8 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alta Vista | $10,000 | Two mobile homes were blown over, along with power lines down. Two people were trapped for awhile, but were uninjured. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alta Vista | $1,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds knocked down large tree limbs. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Alta Vista | - | A supercell produced 1 hail in western Daviess County. |
| June 2021 | Flood | Alta Vista | - | Water was over the road on Highway 6 near Alta Vista. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Alta Vista | - | This report came in via social media. |
| March 2014 | Tornado (EF1) | Alta Vista | - | A weak tornado persisted for approximately 12 minutes as it traversed across rural portions of Daviess County. A mobile home was overturned about 4 miles northeast of Weatherby, Missouri and a couple modular homes suffered minor damage across rural portions of Daviess County. |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alta Vista | - | Law enforcement reported one inch hail and estimated wind gusts to 60 mph. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alta Vista | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winston | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Mabel | 6.0 miles | 15 | |
| Altamont | 6.3 miles | 15 | |
| Civil Bend | 8.2 miles | 15 | |
| Old Pattonsburg | 10.2 miles | 16 | |
| Cypress | 12.6 miles | 16 | |
| Pattonsburg | 12.7 miles | 16 | |
| Gallatin | 12.9 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740233. 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.