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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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.
- 1927 USGS Dearborn quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1971 USGS St. Joseph South quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS St. Joseph South quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Saint Joseph quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
9,459 words on this townshipThe 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 1999Regional 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/undetermined | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 55 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 24 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177407-01180-07242018-2100 |
| 10 June 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 189940-01180-06102019-1825 |
| 8 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176120-01180-03082018-1243 |
| 15 March 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.2 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176117-01180-03152018-1613 |
| 14 March 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.1 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176118-01180-03142018-1336 |
| 13 March 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176115-01180-03132018-1540 |
| 13 March 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.4 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176116-01180-03132018-1626 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Dearborn Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| South St Joe Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Spencer #1 Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | 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.
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 Q122566344 | 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 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.







