Ectonville, Missouri
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Platte Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64068. The Survey maps it on the Kearney SW quadrangle. It stands 1,020 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 23 printed sheetsMatched 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
- 1936 USGS Kearney quadrangle1:48000
- 1942 USGS Kearney quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Kearney quadrangle1:62500, 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
- 1971 USGS Kearney SW quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Kearney SW quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
39 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Ectonville between 2004 and 2007, burning about 41 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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 | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 6.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 5 July 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 31 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 2 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 2 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 9 June 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 22 May 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 2 May 2005 | 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:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Ectonville: 5 past producers. None of them 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Dever Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 2.5 miles | 23 | |
| Arley | 3.1 miles | 23 | |
| Paradise | 4.6 miles | 37 | |
| Roosterville | 5.5 miles | 23 | |
| Smithville | 5.6 miles | 37 | |
| Kearney | 6.1 miles | 22 | |
| Chandler | 6.9 miles | 23 | |
| Nashua | 7.1 miles | 38 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Ectonville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5334260 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 717394. 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.










