Lake City, Missouri
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Fort Osage Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64016. The Survey maps it on the Blue Springs quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 23 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
- 1933 USGS Blue Springs quadrangle1:24000
- 1945 USGS Blue Springs quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS Blue Springs quadrangle1:31680, 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
- 1965 USGS Blue Springs quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Blue Springs quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
3,445 words on this townshipThe History of Jackson County, Missouri, Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, Etc., Biographical Sketches of Its Citizens, Jackson County in the Late War... History of Missouri, Map of Jackson County .., published 1881 names this settlement in its chapter on Fort Osage Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
It is supposed, and there is most satisfactory evidence, that the Missouri River once came through this valley, and pursued about the same course as is now pursued by Fire Prairie Creek. The bayou, or portion of the river which flowed here, came into the land at or near the mouth of Little Blue, and contmuing in a southerly direction, along the course of Little Blue, to near the southeast corner of Tp. 50, R. 31, thence east near the present site of Lake City, and thence following the course of Fire Prairie Creek, uniting again with the main current in Lafayette county. Large cottonwood trees have been found in the sand and earth twenty feet below the surface, about one-half mile northwest of Buckner station. When boring a well near the same place, cockle burs, in a good state of preservation, have been taken out eighteen or twenty feet below the surface ; also, butternut hulls were found at the same depth. Other wells dug in the ancient bed of the great river, show layers of river sand in the exact position left by the flowing current. All things show most conclusively that- nearly all of the Six Mile District was once an island in the Missouri River - the main branch on the north side, where it now flows past Sibley, and the south branch taking the course above mentioned.
Passage source: The History of Jackson County, Missouri, Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, Etc., Biographical Sketches of Its Citizens, Jackson County in the Late War... History of Missouri, Map of Jackson County .., published 1881.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Fires near this place
14 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Lake City between 1992 and 2020, 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 | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 4.6 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190395-04828-04082020-1735 |
| 30 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 30 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 16 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178717-04828-04162019-1300 |
| 14 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190460-04828-04142020-1310 |
| 3 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 166066-04828-03032018-0109 |
| 14 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.2 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176053-04828-03142018-1222 |
| 28 February 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190148-04828-02282020-1355 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Lake City: 15 past producers, 2 producers. 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown-Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hutchins Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Iowa Point Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Parkville Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Pink Hill Mine & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown-Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown-Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown-Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown-Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown-Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lake City in 8 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake City | - | Relayed report of severe large tree limbs down across Highway 7 near Buckner. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake City | - | Social media report of downed power lines and bent over power poles near Indian Trails Elementary. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Lake City | - | Trained spotter at the Lake City Ammo Plant reported golf ball sized hail. |
| September 2010 | Flash Flood | Lake City | - | Several cars were reported stranded in water up to the bumpers. |
| May 2007 | Flood | Lake City | - | The Little Blue River near Lake City crested at 23.84 feet, or 5.84 feet above flood stage. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Lake City | - | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Hail | Lake City | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Lake City | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buckner | 3.4 miles | 20 | |
| Ripley | 3.6 miles | 24 | |
| Blue Mills | 3.7 miles | 24 | |
| Hiler | 3.8 miles | 21 | |
| Adams | 4.6 miles | 23 | |
| Pink Hill | 5.2 miles | 21 | |
| Cobbler | 5.3 miles | 24 | |
| East Independence | 5.4 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 720745. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.










