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Klondike, Missouri

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Galena Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64834. It stands on Center Creek. The Survey maps it on the Carl Junction quadrangle.

Klondike within Jasper County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

121 words on this township

The History of Jasper County, Missouri : Including a Condensed History of the State, a Complete History of Carthage and Joplin, Other Towns and Townships : Together with Numerous Portraits of Prominent Men : Cuts of Elegant Residences and Public Buildings : a Sectional Map of the County : Biographical Sketches of Many Enterprising Farmers, Merchants, Mechanics, Professional, and Business Men : the Constitution of the State : an Abstract of Laws : an Elaborate History of Jasper County - Its Topography, Natural History, Pioneers, Organization, Political History, Courts and Bar, Religious, Educational, Medical, Agricultural, Mining, and Horticultural, Its Commercial and Business Interests, Etc, published 1883 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Galena Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Galena Township - 121 words.

Fires near this place

6 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Klondike between 2014 and 2018, burning about 636 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 burning4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
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
2 August 2018Debris and open burning2.0 acresKansas Forest Service148
23 March 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreCherokee County92
21 March 2017Arson/incendiarism27 acresCherokee County90
23 December 2018Debris and open burning4.0 acresKansas Forest Service196
8 January 2017Debris and open burning2.0 acresCherokee County4
12 January 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined600 acresCherokee CountyEMPIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jasper County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 614 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 614 workings within 5 miles of Klondike: 612 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Zinc, Lead, Zinc, 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
Klondike PitClayPast Producer
Mattes Bros. Chat PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Opossum Hollow QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Belleville Strip PitZincPast Producer1900
Crane-Chenoweth TractZincPast Producer1926, 1927
Isherwood MineZincPast Producer1925, 1926
Pearl LeaseZincPast Producer1910, 1912
UnknownZincPast Producer1890, 1916
W. C. MineZincPast Producer1926, 1942
1915 Mine West ShaftsZinc, LeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jasper 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
Belleville1.5 miles19
Smithfield1.7 miles18
Stringtown2.0 miles18
Thoms2.3 miles18
Carl Junction2.8 miles18
Belle Center3.2 miles19
Tuckahoe3.9 miles18
Gulfton3.9 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 720661. 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.