Eastwood, Missouri

38 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Blue Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64129. It stands on Brush Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kansas City quadrangle.

Eastwood within Jackson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 38 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.

1890 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1894 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:125000, 14 printings
1935 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1940 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
1950 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
1956 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1957 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:24000
1960 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1964 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1983 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:100000
1991 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1996 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:24000

In the county-history sources

6,365 words on this township

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.

The chapter on Blue Township covers organized may 23, 1827, at first it included land in what is cass and bates counties, present boundaries and phyiscal features, blue township a favored locality, names of the pioneers, what the pioneers themselves say of early days.

Read the chapter on Blue Township - 6,365 words.

Fires near this place

55 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Eastwood between 2007 and 2008, burning about 134 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined	38
Recreation and ceremony	5
Arson/incendiarism	5
Debris and open burning	4
Smoking	1
Natural	1
Equipment and vehicle use	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
7 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
5 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
4 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
30 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
29 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
27 September 2007	Arson/incendiarism	100 acres	Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
24 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
2 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 52 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 52 workings within 5 miles of Eastwood: 51 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Doyle Rock Company Clay Pit	Clay	Past Producer
Unknown-Clay	Clay	Past Producer
Brush Creek Mine	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Centropolis Crusher Mine	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Clark Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Coyter Brothers Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Deity Hill Development Company Mine	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Elmer Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Feebeck Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Grady Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Leeds	1.5 miles	38
Raytown	2.9 miles	26
Melville	3.7 miles	27
Centropolis	3.9 miles	26
Blue Summit	3.9 miles	26
Manchester School	4.0 miles	38
Westport	4.1 miles	38
Englewood	4.5 miles	26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 734915. 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.