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.
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.
Livestock Exchange Buildinglisted 2004 · 0.9 miles away
St. Joseph Public Library-Carnegie Branchlisted 1999 · 0.9 miles away
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
190 words on this townshipHistory 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 1999Regional 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 burning | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Doniphan County | 017-108 |
| 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 |
| 15 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 400 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 28 |
| 14 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 2018031 |
| 14 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 400 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 27 |
| 16 February 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176389-01111-02162018-0236 |
| 16 February 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.1 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 165954-01180-02162018-1815 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 21 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Joseph Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| City Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Fanning Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| South St Joe Quarry | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Station | 0.9 miles | 18 | |
| Ashton (historical) | 2.7 miles | 18 | |
| Kyle | 3.3 miles | 18 | |
| Saint Joseph | 4.2 miles | 22 | |
| Maxey | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| Matney | 4.8 miles | 18 | |
| Sparta | 5.2 miles | 18 | |
| Richie | 5.2 miles | 18 |
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 Q122566458 | The 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.







