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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 23 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1885 USGS Warrensburg quadrangle1:125000
- 1887 USGS Warrensburg quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Warrensburg quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1917 USGS Knobnoster quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Knob Noster quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Sedalia quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
5,521 words on this townshipThe 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 2003Regional 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 burning | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 3 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 27 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176942-05130-04272018-1416 |
| 2 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 2 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 2 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 2 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 2 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ss. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Olive | 5.0 miles | 22 | |
| Carbon Hill | 6.0 miles | 23 | |
| Montserrat | 6.3 miles | 23 | |
| Dunksburg | 6.5 miles | 23 | |
| Knob Noster | 7.4 miles | 23 | |
| Fayetteville | 7.7 miles | 19 | |
| Blackwater (historical) | 8.6 miles | 22 | |
| Hoffman | 8.8 miles | 19 |
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.










