Cobbler, Missouri

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.

• 1894 USGS Independence quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
• 1935 USGS Missouri City quadrangle1:24000
• 1945 USGS Missouri City quadrangle1:24000
• 1947 USGS Missouri City quadrangle1:31680, 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
• 1965 USGS Missouri City quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
• 1983 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:100000
• 1990 USGS Missouri City quadrangle1:24000

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.

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Cobbler between 1992 and 2020, burning about 36 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.

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

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

• Eton
• Blue Mills
• Courtney
• River Bend
• Atherton
• Ripley

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Cobbler: 21 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Jackson County

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740755. 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.