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Keystone, Missouri

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Shoal Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64429. The Survey maps it on the Cameron West quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Keystone within Clinton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

871 words on this township

The History of Clinton County, Missouri : Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, Etc., Biographical Sketches of Its Citizens, Clinton County in the Late War, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of Missouri, Map of Clinton County, Etc., Etc, published 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Shoal Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Shoal Township - 871 words.

Fires near this place

13 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Keystone (historical) between 1995 and 2018, burning about 38 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 burning8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Arson/incendiarism1

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
25 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177627-02515-07252018-1554
12 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177626-02515-07122018-2032
29 June 2002Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
29 June 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
23 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177621-02515-04232018-1919
29 March 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
21 March 2018Debris and open burning1.1 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177690-02581-03212018-1537
15 March 2018Debris and open burning9.9 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177688-02581-03152018-1348

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clinton County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Keystone (historical): 14 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cameron QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Everett Q #2Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clinton 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
West Keystone1.1 miles16
Turney3.9 miles16
Moors4.5 miles16
Osborn4.5 miles16
Maple Hill4.9 miles16
Perrin5.1 miles16
Cameron5.2 miles14
Braley5.9 miles16

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Keystone (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q133878794The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 739995. 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.