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Dallas, Missouri

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Kaw Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64114. It stands on Dyke Branch. The Survey maps it on the Grandview quadrangle.

Dallas within Jackson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 27 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.

Fires near this place

119 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 119 fires within 5 miles of Dallas between 2006 and 2019, burning about 16 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined44
Debris and open burning19
Equipment and vehicle use19
Smoking14
Arson/incendiarism9
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony3
Fireworks2
Natural2

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
9 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKansas Forest Service2520092
9 September 2017Smokingunder an acreJohnson County2520108
8 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresJohnson Countynot named
5 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreJohnson County2480067
3 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKansas Forest Service2460133
3 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreJohnson Countynot named
29 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
2 September 2015Smokingunder an acreKansas Forest Service2450113

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Dallas: 14 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Beyer QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown-LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown-LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown-LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown-LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown-LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown-LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown-LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown-LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jackson 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
Red Bridge1.7 miles27
Indian Village1.9 miles27
New Santa Fe2.3 miles27
Flinn3.1 miles27
Marlborough3.3 miles27
Dodson3.6 miles27
Holmes Park3.7 miles27
Martin City3.8 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 716650. 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.