Grand River City, Missouri

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Brunswick Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65236. It stands on Grand River. The Survey maps it on the Brunswick East quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Grand River City within Chariton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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 Marshall quadrangle1:125000
1892 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:125000
1901 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1951 USGS Brunswick East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1953 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
1982 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

1 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Grand River City (historical) in 1997, burning about 10 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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
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
5 January 1997	Equipment and vehicle use	10 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chariton County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Grand River City (historical): 4 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Brunswick Sand Dredge & Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unknown - Clay	Clay	Past Producer
Franklin Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Unknown - Ls	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown - Ls	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown - Ls	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Chariton 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
Missouri Village (historical)	0.9 miles	17
Grand Port	1.1 miles	17
Brunswick	3.1 miles	18
Dalton	5.6 miles	15
Namrash (historical)	6.8 miles	15
Newcomer	8.5 miles	11
Keytesville	8.9 miles	15
Indian Grove	9.0 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 734071. 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.