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Waldron, Missouri

37 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Waldron Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64092. It lies near Parker Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Wolcott quadrangle. It stands 761 feet above sea level.

Waldron within Platte County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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.

Fires near this place

19 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Waldron between 2007 and 2020, burning about 326 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/undetermined11
Smoking3
Debris and open burning3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Arson/incendiarism1

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 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service19532
16 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service5017785
9 March 2017Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWyandotte County5418
7 March 2015Smoking3.0 acresKansas Forest Service5004734
7 March 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined300 acresKansas Forest Service5004716
5 March 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWyandotte County5020
4 March 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresWyandotte County4999
22 March 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresKansas Forest Service245

Every fire recorded in Platte County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 28 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Waldron: 28 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Babcock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Farley QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Hampton QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Hevalow & Shields QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Oberdick QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Pratt QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Platte County

Storms near this place

10 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Waldron in 10 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2024Thunderstorm WindWaldron-A swath of straight-line wind damage occurred near a mesovortex that developed within a line of thunderstorms on the evening of May 6, beginning near Piper in Wyandotte County. Several trees were downed along a path from Donahoo Road to Polfer Road, crossing 123rd Street between Polfer Road and Marxen Road. In this area, several larger trees and limbs were downed, with a couple uprooted. The swath of winds progressed toward Wolcott Drive and Tontine Road, where several trees were downed, snapped, or uprooted. A private weather station reported a 60-mph gust in this area at this time, but stronger winds were likely present given the nature of the tree damage. The damaging winds crossed the Missouri River and reached Missouri State Highway 45 north of Waldron, where multiple small trees or limbs were damaged as well. No discernible damage was noted to the northeast of this area. Damage along the path was all directed to the north- northeast, which corroborates with radar data from the Terminal Doppler Radar at TMCI. This straight-line wind event preceded the tornado that eventually developed near Hoover in Platte County a few minutes later.
April 2021Flash FloodWaldron-After 1-2 inches of rain fell over a short period of time there was flooding along Jones-Myer Road and Hillsboro Road near Waldron.
August 2017Flash FloodWaldron-Highway 45 between NW Jones Myer Road and NW Baker Road was closed by MODOT due to water over the road.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindWaldron-Trees were down across HWY 45 near Waldron.
July 2016Flash FloodWaldron-Highway 45 at Dry Lake Road was closed due to water over the road.
April 2015HailWaldron-A vehicle had some minor dents from 1.25 inch hail.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindWaldron-Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph, with a large Bradford Pear tree blown over.
May 1997HailWaldron-The Platte County Sheriff Office reported nickel-size hail at Waldron.
May 2017HailWaldron-no account filed
May 2017HailWaldron-no account filed

Every storm 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Farley4.6 miles46
Hampton5.2 miles37
Weatherby Lake5.3 miles40
Tiffany Springs5.8 miles37
Parkville6.2 miles40
East Leavenworth7.1 miles46
Tarrytown7.5 miles37
Platte Woods7.7 miles40

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on WaldronAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3469238The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 728252. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.