BlockBelvidere, Missouri
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64030. It stands on Oil Creek. The Survey maps it on the Belton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1887 USGS Olathe quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Olathe quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1947 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Belton quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Belton quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Olathe quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Belton quadrangle1:24000
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Washington township. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
New Santa Fe
This little post village is situated on the west line of Missouri, about midway in Washington township. It now contains one store and post-office and a few dwelhng houses. Being on the State line between a free and a slave State, it has experienced some of the most remarkable events that have been known on a turbulent border: the Border Ruffian War of 1855-6, the awful commotions of the Civil War, and the bands of outlaws, murderers and robbers since the War of the Rebellion ceased have haunted this section to an unwonted degree.
In the county-history sources
4,827 words on this townshipThe History of Jackson County, Missouri, Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, Etc., Biographical Sketches of Its Citizens, Jackson County in the Late War... History of Missouri, Map of Jackson County .., published 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Washington Township covers washington township organized february g^ 18^6, the orders of court fixing the boundaries, first election held at the house of anson mccrackin, the lost townships, physical features, old settlers.
Read the chapter on Washington Township - 4,827 words.
Fires near this place
15 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Belvidere between 2006 and 2016, burning about 23 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 3 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 17 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 29 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Johnson County | not named |
| 28 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 28 July 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 27 February 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 580108 |
| 8 November 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Belvidere in 4 storm reports between 2015 and 2017: 2 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belvidere | - | Off duty NWS staff reported 60 mph winds at their residence. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Belvidere | - | Roads flooded with photos of submerged cars in the Raintree area. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Belvidere | - | The public reported via social media that water was rushing over highway 291 in several spots near Lake Winnebago. |
| July 2015 | Hail | Belvidere | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grandview | 2.0 miles | 27 | |
| Delavan (historical) | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| Truman Corners | 3.5 miles | 27 | |
| Martin City | 4.0 miles | 27 | |
| Hickman Mills | 4.2 miles | 27 | |
| Ruskin Heights | 4.5 miles | 27 | |
| Ruskin | 4.5 miles | 27 | |
| Jeffreys | 4.8 miles | 27 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 730056. 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.
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.