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Stockbridge, Missouri

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Marion Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64443. It stands on Becks Branch. The Survey maps it on the Cosby quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Stockbridge within Buchanan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

5,273 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 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Marion Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Marion Township - 5,273 words.

Fires near this place

6 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Stockbridge (historical) between 2018 and 2019, burning about 19 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6

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
11 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.8 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177936-01110-09112018-1615
28 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresMissouri Department of Conservation179468-01110-04282019-2110
20 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.4 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177645-01110-04202018-2227
10 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177644-01110-04102018-1806
21 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.3 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177495-01110-03212018-1415
13 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.9 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177371-01110-03132018-1326

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire 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
San Antonio2.0 miles17
Easton2.4 miles15
Hurlingen3.6 miles17
Clair4.7 miles17
Evansville4.8 miles15
Garrettsburg4.8 miles15
Saxton5.3 miles18
Matney8.1 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 741294. 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.