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Katy, Missouri

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1884 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Coal Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64741. The Survey maps it on the Deerfield quadrangle.

Katy within Vernon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 24 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.

In the county-history sources

2,970 words on this township

History of Vernon County, Missouri : Past and Present, Including an Account of the Cities, Towns and Villages of the County, published 1911 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Coal Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Coal Township - 2,970 words.

Fires near this place

14 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Katy between 2000 and 2018, burning about 102 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 burning6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

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
12 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use35 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service189
14 June 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
13 May 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
24 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKansas Forest Service117
10 April 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresKansas Forest Service68
13 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresKansas Forest Service76

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Vernon 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 Katy: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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
Morris Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown - ClayClayPast Producer
Unknown - ClayClayPast Producer
Unknown - ClayClayPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Vernon 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
Eve1.0 miles24
Bunnville (historical)1.2 miles24
Deerfield3.5 miles24
Swart5.4 miles24
Richards5.5 miles22
Ellis6.5 miles21
Moundville7.7 miles21
Temple (historical)8.0 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740249. 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.