Gridley, Missouri

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Grand River Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64429. It stands on Owens Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fordham quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Gridley within DeKalb County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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.

1923 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:62500
1925 USGS Maysville 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
1983 USGS Fordham quadrangle1:24000
1986 USGS Saint Joseph quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

21 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Gridley (historical) between 1995 and 2020, burning about 222 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
Debris and open burning	16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4
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
1 July 2018	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Missouri Department of Conservation	177829-02581-07012018-2149
29 June 2002	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
11 May 2018	Debris and open burning	1.2 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	177826-02581-05112018-1706
28 April 2018	Debris and open burning	14 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	177825-02581-04282018-1248
24 April 2018	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Missouri Department of Conservation	177824-02581-04242018-2232
23 April 2018	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Missouri Department of Conservation	177823-02581-04232018-2130
17 April 2002	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
16 April 2018	Debris and open burning	3.3 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	177699-02581-04162018-1505

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Fordham

Every fire recorded in DeKalb County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 27 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Gridley (historical): 26 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Cameron Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Everett Q #2	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Everett Quarry # 53	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
James Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Malloa Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
O'Neil Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unk	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unk	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unk	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unk	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in DeKalb 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
Fordham	1.7 miles	15
Weatherby	7.3 miles	15
Maysville	7.3 miles	15
Amity	9.6 miles	15
Stewartsville	12.3 miles	15
Santa Rosa	12.5 miles	15
Fairport	13.1 miles	15
Wood	13.8 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740186. 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.