Lake Arrowhead, Missouri
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64465. The Survey maps it on the Holt quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 22 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.
- 1894 USGS Independence quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1936 USGS Kearney quadrangle1:48000
- 1942 USGS Kearney quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Kearney quadrangle1:62500, 2 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
- 1971 USGS Holt quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Holt quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
3,802 words on this townshipThe 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 Jackson Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Jackson Township - 3,802 words.
Fires near this place
17 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Lake Arrowhead between 1992 and 2018, burning about 47 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 burning | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 2018 | Smoking | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177628-02515-08062018-0928 |
| 22 August 2018 | Smoking | 4.2 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177629-02515-08222018-1720 |
| 4 July 2018 | Fireworks | 2.1 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177625-02515-07042018-1811 |
| 30 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 30 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 24 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176762-08922-04242018-1138 |
| 14 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 14 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Lake Arrowhead: 6 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haynesville | 1.6 miles | 22 | |
| Guyton | 2.1 miles | 16 | |
| Converse | 2.5 miles | 22 | |
| Lathrop | 4.5 miles | 16 | |
| Barnesville | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Wexford | 5.7 miles | 16 | |
| Lilly | 6.7 miles | 23 | |
| Plattsburg | 8.8 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2806394. 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.










