White City, Missouri
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Warren Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65020. It sits by Meades Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Hahatonka quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1934 USGS Macks Creek quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1934 USGS Macks Creek quadrangle1:48000
- 1939 USGS Macks Creek quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Hahatonka quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Lebanon quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
241 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 241 fires within 5 miles of White City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,438 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 107 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 107 |
| Debris and open burning | 91 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 38 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 45 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 73 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 25 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 56 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 21 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179781-01502-08212019-2030 |
| 23 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179780-01502-07232019-1848 |
| 22 July 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of White City: 9 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Flagstone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gregory Bank | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Zinc | Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S+G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S+G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ss | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Beavers Rock Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Scott Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ss Dimension | Flagstone | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names White City in 3 storm reports between 2013 and 2024: 2 hail, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Hail | White City | - | Report of quarter size hail. |
| March 2018 | Hail | White City | - | Missouri State Highway Patrol reported an accident near Tunnel Dam Road and Highway D. The trooper reported hail up to quarter size covered the ground and road which caused slick driving condition. One inch hail covered the ground. |
| April 2013 | Flood | White City | - | Tunnel Dam Road along the Niangua River was flooded. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Grove | 1.7 miles | 17 | |
| Rodger Ford (historical) | 1.8 miles | 17 | |
| Green Gables (historical) | 1.8 miles | 17 | |
| Roach | 4.0 miles | 17 | |
| Hahatonka | 4.8 miles | 17 | |
| Only | 5.7 miles | 16 | |
| Macks Creek | 6.9 miles | 16 | |
| Neongwah | 7.3 miles | 22 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 728728. 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.







