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Stillings, Missouri

49 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Lee Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64079. It lies near Leavenworth Island. The Survey maps it on the Leavenworth quadrangle.

Stillings within Platte County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 49 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 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Stillings between 2015 and 2018, burning about 40 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined38
Debris and open burning22
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
31 July 2017Smokingunder an acreLeavenworth County1604
28 July 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresLeavenworth County124
21 July 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreKansas Forest Service709
19 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLeavenworth County119
19 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service1265
14 June 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service505
8 May 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLeavenworth County975
29 May 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLeavenworth County87

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Platte County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Stillings: 18 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
Unknown S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Baker QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Farley QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Pratt QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown LksStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown LsStone, 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
Buxton0.8 miles46
East Leavenworth1.9 miles46
Beverly3.5 miles46
Farley4.0 miles46
West Platte5.5 miles44
Weston6.3 miles46
Tracy6.4 miles44
Platte City6.6 miles46

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 741293. 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.