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Valley City, Missouri

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Simpson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65336. It stands on Blackjack Creek. The Survey maps it on the Knob Noster quadrangle.

Valley City within Johnson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 23 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

5,521 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 Simpson Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Simpson Township - 5,521 words.

Fires near this place

19 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Valley City between 2003 and 2020, burning about 158 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 burning10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
17 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
3 April 2003Debris and open burning30 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
27 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation176942-05130-04272018-1416
2 April 2011Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 April 2003Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
2 April 2003Debris and open burning10 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
2 April 2003Debris and open burning15 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
2 April 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Johnson County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Valley City: 2 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
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ss.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
Mount Olive5.0 miles22
Carbon Hill6.0 miles23
Montserrat6.3 miles23
Dunksburg6.5 miles23
Knob Noster7.4 miles23
Fayetteville7.7 miles19
Blackwater (historical)8.6 miles22
Hoffman8.8 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 729828. 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.