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Chandler, Missouri

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Liberty Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64060. The Survey maps it on the Kearney SW quadrangle.

Chandler within Clay County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 23 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

47 words on this township

History of Clay County, Missouri, published 1920 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Liberty Township covers position and description, early settlers, liberty landing, country churches, city of liberty, first lacorporatiou.

Read the chapter on Liberty Township - 47 words.

Fires near this place

62 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Chandler between 2004 and 2019, burning about 68 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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/undetermined24
Recreation and ceremony17
Debris and open burning8
Arson/incendiarism8
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
8 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
4 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
28 September 2018Smokingunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177820-02412-09282018-1420
10 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
29 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
26 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
8 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
7 July 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clay County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 33 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of Chandler: 32 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownClayPast Producer
UnknownClayPast Producer
Dever QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Everett Quarries #5Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Kearney QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Matthews QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clay 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
Stockdale2.2 miles22
Roosterville2.9 miles23
Liberty4.2 miles24
Kearney4.8 miles22
Mosby4.8 miles22
Prathersville5.9 miles22
White Hall Fields5.9 miles24
Winner6.2 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740736. 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.