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Parkdale, Missouri

40 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Fox Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64151. It stands on Burlington Creek. The Survey maps it on the Parkville quadrangle.

Parkdale within Platte County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 40 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.

Fires near this place

68 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Parkdale between 2007 and 2019, burning about 23 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined41
Debris and open burning7
Arson/incendiarism6
Smoking5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
30 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
3 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
28 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
2 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWyandotte County21119
1 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKansas Forest Service21718
9 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service19514
8 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
7 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Platte County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Parkdale: 22 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Perlite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Builders #1 Dredge & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lite Weight Products Perlite PlantPerliteProducer
UnknownClayPast Producer
Unknown ClayClayPast Producer
Unknown ClayClayPast Producer
Daniel QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Drennon QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Green Hills QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Parkville Special Road Dist QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Riley QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Platte 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Houston Lake1.5 miles40
North Moor1.8 miles40
Parkville1.9 miles40
Riverside2.0 miles40
Breen Acres2.2 miles40
Northmoor2.3 miles40
Milton2.4 miles40
Platte Woods2.7 miles40

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 724026. 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.