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Waldo, Missouri

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Kaw Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64114. The Survey maps it on the Grandview quadrangle.

Waldo within Jackson County

On record in Waldo

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 27 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

102 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Waldo between 2006 and 2018, burning about 17 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 12 were 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/undetermined43
Debris and open burning13
Arson/incendiarism12
Equipment and vehicle use11
Smoking6
Recreation and ceremony6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Natural2
Fireworks1

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
9 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKansas Forest Service2520092
9 September 2017Smokingunder an acreJohnson County2520108
3 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKansas Forest Service2460133
29 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
25 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service2680121
13 September 2007Smokingunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
28 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
26 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 43 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 43 workings within 5 miles of Waldo: 42 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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
Doyle Rock Company Clay PitClayPast Producer
Unknown-ClayClayPast Producer
Beyer QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Brush Creek MineStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Clark QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Coyter Brothers QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Elmer QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Feebeck QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Grady QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Lyon QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jackson 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
Marlborough2.0 miles27
Indian Village2.0 miles27
Dodson2.4 miles27
Melville2.5 miles27
Flinn3.3 miles27
Dallas3.8 miles27
Holmes Park4.1 miles27
Westport4.2 miles38

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 728251. 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.