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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.

White Cloud within Hickory County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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

30 since 1992

Regional 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/incendiarism17
Debris and open burning7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural1

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
6 April 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 April 1992Arson/incendiarism225 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 March 1992Debris and open burning113 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 March 1994Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
28 March 1993Debris and open burning15 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
21 March 2001Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
21 March 2001Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
21 March 2001Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hickory County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
John Brown ProspectBarium-Barite, Lead, ZincProspect
Walker QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Baugh-Eads MinesBarium-BaritePast Producer
Hinkle-White No 1 DiggingsBarium-BaritePast Producer
Unknown - BariteBarium-BaritePast Producer

Every working recorded in Hickory 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
Round Bottom Ford (historical)2.0 miles20
Phillips Ford (historical)3.8 miles20
Quincy5.3 miles20
Wheatland5.4 miles20
Hermitage6.3 miles20
Butcher7.5 miles20
Cross Timbers7.8 miles17
Carsons Corner8.7 miles20

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.