Kenmoor, Missouri
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Wayne Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64504. The Survey maps it on the Halls quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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.
- 1927 USGS Dearborn quadrangle1:62500, 3 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
- 1961 USGS Halls quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Halls quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Saint Joseph quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
1,730 words on this townshipThe History of Buchanan County, Missouri : Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, Etc., Biographical Sketches of Its Citizens, Buchanan County in the Late War, General and Local Statisics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of Missouri, Map of Buchanan County, Etc., Etc, published 1881; History of Buchanan County and the City of St. Joseph and Representative Citizens : 1826 to 1904, published 1904 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Wayne Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Wayne Township - 1,730 words.
Fires near this place
23 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Kenmoor between 1997 and 2018, burning about 694 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 | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 500 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 19 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 12 August 1999 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 12 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 55 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 27 July 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 19 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 March 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 March 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Kenmoor: 18 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Fanning Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Franks Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Mathews Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| South St Joe Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Spencer #1 Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Spencer #2 Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740980. 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.







