Ruskin Heights, Missouri

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 Olathe quadrangle1:125000
• 1893 USGS Olathe quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
• 1934 USGS Grandview quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
• 1939 USGS Grandview quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
• 1947 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
• 1950 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
• 1956 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
• 1957 USGS Grandview quadrangle1:24000
• 1961 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
• 1964 USGS Grandview quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
• 1983 USGS Olathe quadrangle1:100000
• 1991 USGS Grandview quadrangle1:24000
• 1996 USGS Grandview quadrangle1:24000

An account from the chapter on Washington township. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.

The History of Jackson County, Missouri, Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, Etc., Biographical Sketches of Its Citizens, Jackson County in the Late War... History of Missouri, Map of Jackson County .., published 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Ruskin Heights in 2007, burning about 36 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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.

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

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

• Hickman Mills
• Ruskin
• Jeffreys
• Truman Corners
• Bryant
• Delavan (historical)

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Ruskin Heights: 10 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Jackson County

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 725678. 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.