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Indian Village, Missouri

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Kaw Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64114. It stands on Dyke Branch. The Survey maps it on the Grandview quadrangle.

Indian Village within Jackson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 27 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.

Fires near this place

99 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Indian Village between 2006 and 2018, burning about 14 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined42
Equipment and vehicle use15
Smoking9
Debris and open burning9
Arson/incendiarism9
Recreation and ceremony6
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Natural2
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
9 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKansas Forest Service2520092
9 September 2017Smokingunder an acreJohnson County2520108
3 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKansas Forest Service2460133
3 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreJohnson Countynot named
29 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
2 September 2015Smokingunder an acreKansas Forest Service2450113
16 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
15 September 2006Smoking1.0 acresJohnson Countynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Indian Village: 21 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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
Doyle Rock Company Clay PitClayPast Producer
Beyer Mine and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Beyer QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Coyter Brothers QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown-LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown-LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown-LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown-LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown-LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jackson 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
Marlborough1.6 miles27
Dallas1.9 miles27
Dodson2.0 miles27
Waldo2.0 miles27
Flinn2.1 miles27
Red Bridge2.7 miles27
Melville2.9 miles27
Holmes Park2.9 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 720146. 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.