BlockStover, Kansas
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Fairview Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67356. The Survey maps it on the Labette quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 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.
- 1886 USGS Parsons quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Parsons quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1944 USGS Oswego quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Oswego quadrangle1:48000
- 1947 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Oswego quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Labette quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Coffeyville quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Coffeyville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
9 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Stover between 2015 and 2018, burning about 25 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 56 |
| 20 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 19 |
| 20 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 150019 |
| 12 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 21 |
| 3 February 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 180007 |
| 31 December 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 61 |
| 19 November 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 68 |
| 8 October 2015 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 60 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Stover: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oswego Mine | Lead, Zinc | Prospect | 1968 |
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 484444. 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.