White Cloud, Missouri
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Wheatland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65779. The Survey maps it on the Fristoe quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 20 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.
- 1887 USGS Warsaw quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Warsaw quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1945 USGS Fristoe 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
- 1980 USGS Fristoe quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Fristoe quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Harry S Truman Reservoir quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
30 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of White Cloud between 1992 and 2009, burning about 1,915 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 17 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 | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 April 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 April 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 225 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 March 1992 | Debris and open burning | 113 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 March 1994 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 28 March 1993 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 21 March 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 21 March 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 21 March 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of White Cloud: 4 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Barium-Barite, Lead, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Brown Prospect | Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Walker Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Baugh-Eads Mines | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Hinkle-White No 1 Diggings | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Barite | Barium-Barite | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round Bottom Ford (historical) | 2.0 miles | 20 | |
| Phillips Ford (historical) | 3.8 miles | 20 | |
| Quincy | 5.3 miles | 20 | |
| Wheatland | 5.4 miles | 20 | |
| Hermitage | 6.3 miles | 20 | |
| Butcher | 7.5 miles | 20 | |
| Cross Timbers | 7.8 miles | 17 | |
| Carsons Corner | 8.7 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 741357. 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.










