Osage City, Missouri
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Liberty Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65101. It stands on Rising Creek. The Survey maps it on the Osage City 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.
- 1886 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1939 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:62500, 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
- 1967 USGS Osage City quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1982 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Osage City between 1993 and 2018, burning about 33 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 burning | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 19 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178665-07607-04192018-0850 |
| 9 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176463-01416-03092018-1630 |
| 8 March 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 135353-01416-03082016-1617 |
| 22 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 19 March 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 134637-01416-03192016-0748 |
| 25 February 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 118870-01416-02252015-1256 |
| 8 November 1993 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 21 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Osage City: 20 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 - Clay | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Jefferson City Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Miner Quarry | 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 | ||
| Unknown-Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Osage City in 1 storm report in 2008: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2008 | Flood | Osage City | - | Up to 6 inches of rain fell in short amount of time as the remnants of Hurricane Ike moved through the region causing flooding. Numerous roads were flooded countywide. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schubert | 2.6 miles | 23 | |
| Taos | 3.8 miles | 23 | |
| Jefferson City | 7.7 miles | 26 | |
| Wardsville | 8.7 miles | 17 | |
| Cole Junction | 11.0 miles | 26 | |
| Osage Bend | 11.7 miles | 17 | |
| Osage Bluff | 12.6 miles | 17 | |
| Honey Creek | 12.7 miles | 17 |
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 Osage City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q16896242 | 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 723856. 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.










