BlockHicks City, Missouri
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Van Buren Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64070. The Survey maps it on the Chapel Hill quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 13 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.
- 1887 USGS Harrisonville quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Harrisonville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1894 USGS Harrisonville quadrangle1:125000
- 1947 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Chapel Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Olathe quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
10,490 words on this townshipThe History of Jackson County, Missouri, Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, Etc., Biographical Sketches of Its Citizens, Jackson County in the Late War... History of Missouri, Map of Jackson County .., published 1881 names this settlement in its chapter on Van Buren Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
sometimes called Campbellites, were here at an early day. The first baptism that the narrator ever witnessed in the State, was by an elder of that church, whose name he thinks was Stanley or Sanders ; the person baptized was a Miss Elizabeth English; this was in 1834. Afterward Simon Bradley, Elder Mulkey, Thos. McBride, James McBride, William Parker and oth-ers preached and organized churches. Elder Parker, who came to the county in 1842, continued to preach up to near the close of his life, about 1875. Next to the Baptists this is, perhaps, the most numerous sect in the township ; preaching at Lone Jack, Hicks City, New Liberty and other places.
Passage source: The History of Jackson County, Missouri, Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, Etc., Biographical Sketches of Its Citizens, Jackson County in the Late War... History of Missouri, Map of Jackson County .., published 1881.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Fires near this place
24 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Hicks City between 2015 and 2017, burning about 142 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 119952-05161-03082015-1606 |
| 7 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 119947-05161-03072015-1416 |
| 28 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 121676-05161-03282015-0020 |
| 22 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 121312-05161-03222015-1726 |
| 19 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 15 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 121307-05161-03152015-1249 |
| 13 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 121308-05161-03132015-1610 |
| 13 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 121306-05161-03132015-1648 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Hicks City: 4 past producers. None of them 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chapel Hill Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown-Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown-Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lone Jack | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Sni Mills | 3.8 miles | 18 | |
| Cockrell | 6.0 miles | 18 | |
| Tarsney Lakes | 6.1 miles | 18 | |
| Tarsney | 6.2 miles | 18 | |
| Lake Lotawana | 6.9 miles | 18 | |
| Oak Grove | 8.2 miles | 21 | |
| Grain Valley | 9.8 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 755616. 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.