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Kirschner, Missouri

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64504. It lies near King Hill. The Survey maps it on the Halls quadrangle.

Kirschner within Buchanan County

On record in Kirschner

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

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

190 words on this township

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 Washington Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Washington Township - 190 words.

Fires near this place

17 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Kirschner between 1999 and 2018, burning about 991 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 burning6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Smoking4
Arson/incendiarism1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
14 September 2017Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresDoniphan County017-108
12 August 1999Smoking1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 August 1999Debris and open burning55 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
15 March 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined400 acresKansas Forest Service28
14 March 2018Debris and open burning15 acresKansas Forest Service2018031
14 March 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined400 acresKansas Forest Service27
16 February 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation176389-01111-02162018-0236
16 February 2018Arson/incendiarism8.1 acresMissouri Department of Conservation165954-01180-02162018-1815

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Buchanan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Kirschner: 18 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. 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
St Joseph DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
City QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Fanning QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
South St Joe QuarryStone, 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
Lake Station0.9 miles18
Ashton (historical)2.7 miles18
Kyle3.3 miles18
Saint Joseph4.2 miles22
Maxey4.3 miles18
Matney4.8 miles18
Sparta5.2 miles18
Richie5.2 miles18

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.

Wikidata item Q122566458The 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 739997. 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.