Tarrytown, Missouri

37 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1983. It stands in May Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64153. The Survey maps it on the Ferrelview quadrangle.

Tarrytown within Platte County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 37 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.

1890 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1894 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:125000, 14 printings
1914 USGS Smithville quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1950 USGS Ferrelview quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1950 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
1950 USGS Smithville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1954 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
1956 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1960 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1961 USGS Ferrelview quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1983 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

11 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Tarrytown in 2007, burning about 12 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/undetermined	8
Debris and open burning	1
Arson/incendiarism	1
Equipment and vehicle use	1

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
28 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
6 August 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10 acres	Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
21 August 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
18 August 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
12 August 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
1 August 2007	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
23 July 2007	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
8 November 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Platte County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Tarrytown: 16 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Drennon Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Ferrelview Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Hampton Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Miller Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Miller Quarry & Mill	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Riley Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown Ls	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown Ls	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown Ls	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown Ls	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Platte Gardens	1.3 miles	37
Tiffany Springs	1.9 miles	37
Ferrelview	2.0 miles	37
Linkville	2.4 miles	37
Hampton	2.9 miles	37
Weatherby Lake	3.4 miles	40
Platte Woods	4.1 miles	40
Lake Waukomis	4.2 miles	40

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 727468. 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.