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Coopers, Missouri

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Fishing River Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64024. It stands on East Fork Fishing River. The Survey maps it on the Excelsior Springs quadrangle.

Coopers within Clay County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

52 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 Fishing River Township covers position aud description, early history, first settlers, etc, voters at first election in township, country churches, missouri city, its ler and subsequent career.

Read the chapter on Fishing River Township - 52 words.

Fires near this place

11 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Coopers between 2011 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
Debris and open burning5
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Fireworks1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
21 July 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177817-02412-07212018-1652
7 May 2018Debris and open burning1.8 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177239-02412-05072018-0423
5 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
14 April 2019Fireworksunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179271-02412-04142019-1523
8 March 2020Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation190229-08923-03082020-1235
31 March 2018Debris and open burning2.6 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177241-02412-03312018-1042
18 March 2011Debris and open burning8.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clay County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Coopers: 21 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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
UnknownClayPast Producer
Clay County Mine and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Doc Gould MineStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Hedges QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mclaughlin QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Rice QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Tobin 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
Chick (historical)1.1 miles18
Crescent Lake1.8 miles18
Prathersville2.4 miles22
Excelsior Springs2.7 miles18
Miltondale2.9 miles18
Mosby3.5 miles22
Cooleys (historical)3.8 miles20
Excelsior Springs Junction4.4 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740182. 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.