BlockWyandotte, Missouri
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Lincoln Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64683. The Survey maps it on the Spickard quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1948 USGS Trenton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Trenton quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Spickard quadrangle1:24000
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Lincoln township. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
E. A. Israel
A native of Belmont connt}^, Ohio, was born March 22, 1826, and son of Clary Israel and Mary (Moore) Israel, both of Ohio birth. His father was killed accidentally by the falling of a tree, in 1855, and his mother died in 1869. When he was seven years of age his parents moved to Morgan county, Ohio, and he remained there till 1871, when he came to Grundy county.
In the county-history sources
19,131 words on this townshipThe History of Grundy County, Missouri : an Encyclopedia of Useful Information, and a Compendium of Actual Facts. It Contains a Condensed History of the State of Missouri and Its Chief Cities ... ; Its Pioneer Record, War History, Resources, Biographical Sketches, published 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Lincoln Township covers its municipal boundarif, woodland, prairies and running wafers, its first settlers, the bain settlement, death of riason bain, union church.
Read the chapter on Lincoln Township - 19,131 words.
Fires near this place
3 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Wyandotte between 2019 and 2020, burning about 9 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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/undetermined | 3 |
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 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.5 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178650-04067-04072019-2005 |
| 6 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.7 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190304-04067-03062020-1725 |
| 5 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190303-04067-03052020-1645 |
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 Wyandotte: 5 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.
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740227. 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.