Ore, Missouri
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Peculiar Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64080. The Survey maps it on the Harrisonville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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 Harrisonville quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Harrisonville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1894 USGS Harrisonville quadrangle1:125000
- 1947 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Harrisonville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Olathe quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
195 words on this townshipHistory of Cass County, Missouri, published 1917 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Peculiar Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Peculiar Township - 195 words.
Fires near this place
1 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Ore in 2003, burning under an acre 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 January 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Ore: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrisonville Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Limpus Harrisonville Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. Quarries | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huber | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Gowdy | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Coleman | 3.6 miles | 16 | |
| Harrisonville | 5.2 miles | 14 | |
| Wyoming (historical) | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| Old Peculiar | 5.7 miles | 14 | |
| Baldwin Park | 6.5 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 741123. 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.








