Lakeview Heights, Missouri
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Cole Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65338. It stands on Brushy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lakeview Heights quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 21 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.
- 1887 USGS Warsaw quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Warsaw quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1936 USGS Lakeview Heights quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Lakeview Heights quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Harry S Truman Reservoir quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Lakeview Heights quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
445 words on this townshipA Sketch of the History of Benton County, Missouri, published 1876 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Cole Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Cole Township - 445 words.
Fires near this place
92 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of Lakeview Heights between 1993 and 2020, burning about 2,408 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 17 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 33 |
| Debris and open burning | 32 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 September 2015 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 129640-00806-09062015-1743 |
| 22 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 537 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 248 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 June 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178921-00808-06092019-1830 |
| 8 June 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179329-00805-06082019-2115 |
| 6 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 129030-00805-05062015-1705 |
| 4 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178757-00808-05042019-1800 |
| 4 May 1997 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Lakeview Heights: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byler Branch Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gun Bank | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lakeview Heights in 1 storm report in 1995: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakeview Heights | - | Strong winds knocked down several trees and large tree limbs. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zora | 3.7 miles | 20 | |
| Hastain | 4.1 miles | 20 | |
| Lively | 4.2 miles | 20 | |
| Edmonson | 5.0 miles | 21 | |
| Walkers Corner | 6.1 miles | 20 | |
| Hilda | 7.3 miles | 21 | |
| Knobby | 8.0 miles | 20 | |
| Majorville | 8.0 miles | 23 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Lakeview Heights | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6479243 | 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 720764. 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.










