Avenue City, Missouri
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Monroe Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64505. It stands on Long Branch. The Survey maps it on the Saint Joseph North quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 22 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 St. Joseph quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1926 USGS Saint Joseph quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1926 USGS St. Joseph quadrangle1:62500
- 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
- 1971 USGS St. Joseph North quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1980 USGS St. Joseph North quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Saint Joseph quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS St. Joseph North quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
12 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Avenue City between 2011 and 2020, burning about 26 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 | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| 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 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 200563-00202-03072020-1045 |
| 29 March 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 1 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.1 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 200561-00202-03012020-0840 |
| 27 February 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 134057-00202-02272016-1437 |
| 26 February 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 134052-00202-02262016-2148 |
| 21 February 2020 | Debris and open burning | 8.4 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 200560-00202-02212020-1305 |
| 20 February 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 134055-00202-02202016-1525 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Avenue City: 14 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Avenue City Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Breit Quarry and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Burrie Quarry and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Everett Quarries #51 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
16 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Avenue City in 16 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 7 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Avenue City | $1,000 | A power pole was broken at CR 304 and HWY 169. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Avenue City | - | Downed wires and power outages near County Line Road. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Avenue City | - | A large, live tree fell near Country Club Villa. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Avenue City | - | Large tree down blocking the road near HWY 59 and DD in Country Club Village. Nearby ASOS at KSTJ recorded 76 mph wind with this storm. |
| May 2009 | Flash Flood | Avenue City | - | Flash flooding was observed along D Highway, between Avenue City and E Highway. |
| June 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Avenue City | - | Tornado entered Andrew county 4 miles southwest of Avenue City and then dissipated near Highway 169 1 mile southwest of Avenue City. Minor tree damage was reported as the tornado remainded over rural ground. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Avenue City | - | Storm spotters estimated wind gusts up to 70 mph. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Avenue City | - | no account filed |
| October 2013 | Hail | Avenue City | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Avenue City | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | Avenue City | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Avenue City | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Avenue City | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Avenue City | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Avenue City | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Avenue City | - | 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.
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 Avenue City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27983800 | 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 713500. 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.










