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Kansas City, Oregon

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Forest Grove-Cornelius census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97116. It stands on Lousignont Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gales Creek quadrangle. It stands 223 feet above sea level.

Kansas City within Washington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

35 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Kansas City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 40 acres in total. 3 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
Debris and open burning18
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony1
Fireworks1

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 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreForest Grove DistrictDAVIDSON ROAD FIRE
21 September 2016Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersMALLER RD FIRE
19 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreForest Grove DistrictKILLIN
1 September 1994Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresForest Grove DistrictCEDAR CANYON FIRE
9 August 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreForest Grove DistrictJACK ROAD FIRE
5 August 2003Naturalunder an acreForest Grove DistrictGALES PEAK FIRE
23 August 1999Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreForest Grove DistrictCEDAR CANYON LOG
22 August 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersORCHARDALE GRASS FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Kansas City: 15 past producers, 6 producers, 1 unknown. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
SchmidtClayPast Producer
SchmidtClayUnknown
Gales Creek Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gales Creek Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Peters Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Peters Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Banks Rock Products QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hillside QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Otto Rock PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Parkin QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Washington 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
Banks2.3 miles18
Hillside2.4 miles17
Wilkesboro2.8 miles18
Davies Junction3.4 miles16
Gales Creek3.7 miles17
Balm Grove3.8 miles17
Watts3.9 miles17
Verboort4.5 miles18

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Kansas CityAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3709254The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1157998. 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.