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Evanston, Missouri

40 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Gallatin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64119. It stands on Rock Creek. The Survey maps it on the North Kansas City quadrangle.

Evanston within Clay County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 40 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.

What happened here

An account from the chapter on Gallatin township. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.

From History of Clay and Platte Counties, Missouri;, published 1885 - Gallatin Township

Chapter Viii The Mexican War

Army of the West - Platte and Cole Infantry Battalion - Departure of the Expedition - Arrival of Kearney in Santa Fe - Col. Sterling Price - Capt. Morin's Platte County Company - Names of Members - The Ortiz Insurrection - Murder of Gov. Bent and Others - Battle of La Canada - Ambuscade at El Embudo - Storming and Capture of Fort Pueblo de Taos - Other Battles - Massacre and Subsequent Battle at Moro - Engagement at Cienega - The Return Home - Capt.

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In the county-history sources

1,398 words on this township

History of Clay and Platte Counties, Missouri;, published 1885 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Gallatin Township covers boundary and physical features, villages in this township, barry, harlem, moscow, arnold's station.

Read the chapter on Gallatin Township - 1,398 words.

Fires near this place

30 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Evanston between 2007 and 2019, burning about 14 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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/undetermined16
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning3
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking2

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
3 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
3 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
24 September 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
8 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
7 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
6 August 2007Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
5 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
31 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clay County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 36 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Evanston: 30 past producers, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Holliday Sand & Gravel PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Randolph DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown-S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownClayPast Producer
UnknownClayPast Producer
UnknownClayPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/Broken, ClayPast Producer
UnknownClayPast 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
Greenwood0.5 miles40
Gladstone0.9 miles40
Winnetonka1.1 miles40
Oakwood Manor1.3 miles40
Woodhill1.4 miles40
Maple Garden1.6 miles40
Oaks1.6 miles40
Oakwood1.7 miles40

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 739524. 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.