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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.

Clair within Buchanan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

190 words on this township

History 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 1995

Regional 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/undetermined8
Arson/incendiarism1
Debris and open burning1

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
11 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.8 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177936-01110-09112018-1615
28 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresMissouri Department of Conservation179468-01110-04282019-2110
20 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.4 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177645-01110-04202018-2227
10 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177644-01110-04102018-1806
7 March 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresMissouri Department of Conservation200563-00202-03072020-1045
26 March 1995Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
21 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.3 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177495-01110-03212018-1415
13 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.9 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177371-01110-03132018-1326

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Buchanan County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Buchanan 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
San Antonio3.3 miles17
Saxton4.4 miles18
Stockbridge (historical)4.7 miles17
Saint Joseph5.5 miles22
Hurlingen5.8 miles17
Evansville6.3 miles15
Ashton (historical)6.5 miles18
Easton7.0 miles15

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.