Evansville, Missouri
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Agency Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64507. It stands on Riley Branch. The Survey maps it on the Agency quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1925 USGS Gower quadrangle1:62500, 3 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 Agency quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Saint Joseph quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
5,911 words on this townshipThe History of Buchanan County, Missouri : Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, Etc., Biographical Sketches of Its Citizens, Buchanan County in the Late War, General and Local Statisics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of Missouri, Map of Buchanan County, Etc., Etc, published 1881; History of Buchanan County and the City of St. Joseph and Representative Citizens : 1826 to 1904, published 1904 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Agency Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Agency Township - 5,911 words.
Fires near this place
12 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Evansville between 2018 and 2020, burning about 105 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/undetermined | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.8 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177936-01110-09112018-1615 |
| 30 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176954-01180-04302018-1750 |
| 28 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179468-01110-04282019-2110 |
| 10 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177644-01110-04102018-1806 |
| 8 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176120-01180-03082018-1243 |
| 14 March 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.1 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176118-01180-03142018-1336 |
| 13 March 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.4 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176116-01180-03132018-1626 |
| 13 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.9 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177371-01110-03132018-1326 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garrettsburg | 1.2 miles | 15 | |
| Saxton | 2.7 miles | 18 | |
| Agency | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Matney | 4.1 miles | 18 | |
| Easton | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| Stockbridge (historical) | 4.8 miles | 17 | |
| Frazier | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| Richie | 5.5 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 717676. 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.






