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Richie, Missouri

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Center Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64507. The Survey maps it on the Saint Joseph South quadrangle.

Richie within Buchanan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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.

In the county-history sources

9,459 words on this township

The History of Buchanan County, Missouri : Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, Etc., Biographical Sketches of Its Citizens, Buchanan County in the Late War, General and Local Statisics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of Missouri, Map of Buchanan County, Etc., Etc, published 1881; History of Buchanan County and the City of St. Joseph and Representative Citizens : 1826 to 1904, published 1904 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Center Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Center Township - 9,459 words.

Fires near this place

22 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Richie between 1999 and 2020, burning about 178 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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/undetermined12
Debris and open burning5
Arson/incendiarism5

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
12 August 1999Debris and open burning55 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
24 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177407-01180-07242018-2100
10 June 2019Debris and open burning1.5 acresMissouri Department of Conservation189940-01180-06102019-1825
8 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined21 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176120-01180-03082018-1243
15 March 2018Arson/incendiarism3.2 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176117-01180-03152018-1613
14 March 2018Arson/incendiarism2.1 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176118-01180-03142018-1336
13 March 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation176115-01180-03132018-1540
13 March 2018Arson/incendiarism6.4 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176116-01180-03132018-1626

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Buchanan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Richie: 13 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dearborn QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
South St Joe QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Spencer #1 QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Buchanan 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
Maxey0.9 miles18
Pinkston1.1 miles18
Sparta1.3 miles18
Kyle2.0 miles18
Willow Brook2.2 miles18
Matney2.2 miles18
Agency4.1 miles15
Faucett4.3 miles18

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.

Wikidata item Q122566344The 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 741196. 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.