Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.
“The BMA Tower is a building in Kansas City, Missouri. Also known as One Park Place, it was built as a 19-story Modern style office building.”
Wikipedia article BMA Tower, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 414 National Register listings published here for Jackson County · listed in 2002 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 154 fires within 5 miles of BMA Tower between 2007 and 2020, burning about 52 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 12 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 95 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| 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 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 5 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 30 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 29 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 24406 |
| 29 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wyandotte County | 23456 |
| 28 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 55 workings within 5 miles of BMA Tower: 55 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown-Ls and Shale | Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Doyle Rock Company Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown-Clay | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown-S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown-S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Brush Creek Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Clark Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Coyter Brothers Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Doarn Quarry and Brick Yard | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Elmer Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Kansas City Power and Light Company Substation "A" | 0.3 miles | 2018 |
 | Sacred Heart Church, School and Rectory | 0.5 miles | 1978 |
 | Liberty Memorial | 0.6 miles | 2000 |
| Norman School | 0.6 miles | 2014 | |
| Anderson Electric Car Company Building | 0.6 miles | 2022 | |
 | Union Cemetery | 0.6 miles | 2016 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 02000886 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Jackson County | All 414 listed properties in this county. |
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