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Harlem, Missouri

38 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Gallatin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64116. The Survey maps it on the Kansas City quadrangle.

Harlem within Clay County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 38 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

146 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 146 fires within 5 miles of Harlem between 2007 and 2020, burning about 60 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 16 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/undetermined94
Arson/incendiarism16
Smoking9
Recreation and ceremony8
Debris and open burning7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural1
Fireworks1

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
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
5 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
30 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
29 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service24406
29 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWyandotte County23456
28 September 2007Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresMissouri 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 56 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 56 workings within 5 miles of Harlem: 52 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Perlite. 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
Lite Weight Products Perlite PlantPerliteProducer
Unknown-Ls and ShaleClay, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown-S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown-S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown-S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownClayPast Producer
UnknownClayPast 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
North Kansas City1.6 miles40
Avondale3.3 miles40
Thornton4.0 miles40
Moscow4.1 miles40
Woodhill4.8 miles40
Winnwood5.2 miles40
Oaks5.5 miles40
Greenwood5.5 miles40

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 719097. 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.