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Robbins, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Hazel Hill Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64093. The Survey maps it on the Fayetteville quadrangle.

Robbins within Johnson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

1,945 words on this township

The History of Johnson County, Missouri : Including a Reliable History of the Townships, Cities, and Towns, Together with a Map of the County; a Condensed History of Missouri; the State Constitution; an Abstract of the Most Important Laws; the Physical Features of the County; the Early Settlers and Pioneers; the Political and War History; the Religious and Educational History...statistics and Miscellaneous Matters, Etc., Etc, published 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Hazel Hill Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Hazel Hill Township - 1,945 words.

Fires near this place

25 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Robbins between 2003 and 2020, burning about 115 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 burning11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1

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
6 August 2003Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
27 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
22 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
22 August 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
18 August 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
17 August 2003Debris and open burning10 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
10 August 2003Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
6 July 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Johnson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Robbins: 12 past producers. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bates City QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Fayetteville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Porter QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Johnson 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
Hoffman2.8 miles19
Fayetteville3.2 miles19
Columbus5.5 miles19
Greendoor6.0 miles19
Mount Olive6.0 miles22
Blackwater (historical)8.7 miles22
Pittsville10.4 miles19
Warrensburg10.6 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 741203. 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.