BlockWest Platte, Missouri
44 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Fair Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64098. The Survey maps it on the Tracy quadrangle. It stands 797 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 44 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.
- 1890 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1894 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:125000, 14 printings
- 1910 USGS Leavenworth quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1948 USGS Leavenworth quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1951 USGS Leavenworth quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Tracy quadrangle1:24000, 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 Tracy quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:100000
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 23 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of West Platte: 23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baker Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Baker Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Benner Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Coffey Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Harris Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Platte City Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Spratt Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Spratt Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Ls | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beverly | 2.1 miles | 46 | |
| Tracy | 2.7 miles | 44 | |
| Platte City | 3.3 miles | 46 | |
| Weston | 3.6 miles | 46 | |
| Woodruff | 3.9 miles | 44 | |
| Buxton | 5.2 miles | 46 | |
| East Leavenworth | 5.3 miles | 46 | |
| Stubbs | 5.3 miles | 44 |
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 West Platte | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27983670 | The 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 741349. 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.
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.