Oviet, Missouri

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Camp Branch Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64701. The Survey maps it on the East Lynne quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Oviet within Cass County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 13 printed sheets

Matched 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 East Lynne quadrangle1:24000
1956 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1961 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
1983 USGS Olathe quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

4 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Oviet (historical) between 1996 and 2004, burning about 18 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	3
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
7 July 2004	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
13 March 1996	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
11 February 2003	Recreation and ceremony	15 acres	Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
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:

Every fire recorded in Cass County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Oviet (historical): 1 past producer. 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.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Unknown - Ls.	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Cass County

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
East Lynne	1.4 miles	13
Gunn City	3.1 miles	13
Daugherty	4.7 miles	14
Hadsell	5.4 miles	13
Wingate	5.6 miles	13
Rockford (historical)	6.0 miles	13
Garden City	6.3 miles	13
Huber	6.9 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1829043. 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.