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Cement City, Missouri

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Blue Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64050. The Survey maps it on the Liberty quadrangle.

Cement City within Jackson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 24 printed sheets

Matched 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.

In the county-history sources

6,365 words on this township

The 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 Blue Township covers organized may 23, 1827, at first it included land in what is cass and bates counties, present boundaries and phyiscal features, blue township a favored locality, names of the pioneers, what the pioneers themselves say of early days.

Read the chapter on Blue Township - 6,365 words.

Fires near this place

16 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Cement City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 35 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Debris and open burning4
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism1
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
24 September 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
6 August 2007Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
27 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
15 August 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
30 April 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
11 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation190428-04828-04112020-2045
7 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation176031-04834-03072018-1713
5 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation176030-04834-03052018-1638

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 49 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 49 workings within 5 miles of Cement City: 37 past producers, 12 producers. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sulfur. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Liberty Bend Pit & PlantSilicaProducer
Santa Fe QuarryClay, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Sugar Creek Sulfur PlantSulfurProducer
City Wide SandSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Holliday Sand & Gravel PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Randolph DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown-S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Wren PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Wren PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Jackson County

Storms near this place

7 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cement City in 7 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 death. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2018LightningCement City1 killedFrom the KC Star article: A man who was struck by lightning while working on a roof Thursday afternoon in eastern Kansas City has died. Leonel Sanchez, 23, and another man fell from a roof at a residence near 49th Street and Raymond Avenue. They were taken to a hospital, where Sanchez passed away. Time of occurrence was estimated by radar. https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article214483719.html .
September 2010HailCement City$1,000,000Hail up to five and a half inches in diameter, was reported in the Independence Mall area. Skylights were shattered at the mall, with numerous vehicles in the parking lot suffering extensive hail damage. There was also hail damage, to vehicles at nearby auto dealerships.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindCement City-Downed wires and power outages near Crisp Avenue in Raytown.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindCement City-Downed tree and wires near Hedges Avenue.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindCement City-A trained spotter reported a 60 mph wind.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindCement City-A line of strong thunderstorms moved through the Kansas City metro area producing 70-80 mph winds and much tree damage.
March 2017HailCement City-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jackson County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Courtney1.4 miles24
River Bend2.6 miles24
Sugar Creek2.8 miles26
Fairmount3.4 miles26
Independence3.7 miles26
Maywood3.8 miles26
Rock Creek Junction4.0 miles26
Mount Washington4.1 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740732. 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.