Clair, Missouri
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64507. The Survey maps it on the Cosby quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1923 USGS Clarksdale quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1925 USGS Clarksdale quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 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
- 1983 USGS Cosby quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Saint Joseph quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
190 words on this townshipHistory of Buchanan County and the City of St. Joseph and Representative Citizens : 1826 to 1904, published 1904 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Washington Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Washington Township - 190 words.
Fires near this place
10 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Clair between 1995 and 2020, burning about 26 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/undetermined | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.8 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177936-01110-09112018-1615 |
| 28 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179468-01110-04282019-2110 |
| 20 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.4 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177645-01110-04202018-2227 |
| 10 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177644-01110-04102018-1806 |
| 7 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 200563-00202-03072020-1045 |
| 26 March 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 21 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.3 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177495-01110-03212018-1415 |
| 13 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.9 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177371-01110-03132018-1326 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Clair: 4 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio | 3.3 miles | 17 | |
| Saxton | 4.4 miles | 18 | |
| Stockbridge (historical) | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| Saint Joseph | 5.5 miles | 22 | |
| Hurlingen | 5.8 miles | 17 | |
| Evansville | 6.3 miles | 15 | |
| Ashton (historical) | 6.5 miles | 18 | |
| Easton | 7.0 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740744. 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.







