Cavendish, Missouri
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Fairview Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64601. The Survey maps it on the Avalon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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 Hale quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1951 USGS Hale quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Chillicothe quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Avalon quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
814 words on this townshipPast and Present of Livingston County, Missouri : a Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement, published 1913 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Fairview Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Fairview Township - 814 words.
Fires near this place
5 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Cavendish between 2002 and 2020, burning about 51 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 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.1 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 220563-05996-07132020-1530 |
| 4 June 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177161-05996-06042018-1519 |
| 8 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 32 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190418-05974-04082020-1410 |
| 21 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.4 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176692-05996-04212018-1009 |
| 21 January 2002 | 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 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Cavendish: 10 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corner Campbell School | 1.2 miles | 15 | |
| Avalon | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Cleary | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Norville | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Blue Mound | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| Bedford | 6.2 miles | 15 | |
| Cream Ridge | 6.8 miles | 14 | |
| Dawn | 7.8 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740425. 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.







