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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.

Kenmoor within Buchanan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

1,730 words on this township

The 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 1997

Regional 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 burning11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
20 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined500 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
19 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 August 1999Smoking1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 August 1999Debris and open burning55 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
27 July 1999Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
19 April 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 March 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 March 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Buchanan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Fanning QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Franks QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mathews QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
South St Joe QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Spencer #1 QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Spencer #2 QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Buchanan 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
Halls2.2 miles18
Lake Station4.4 miles18
De Kalb4.5 miles19
Kirschner5.3 miles18
Sparta5.7 miles18
Kyle6.2 miles18
Maxey6.4 miles18
Rushville6.4 miles32

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.