BlockAmeera, Missouri
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Swan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65759. The Survey maps it on the Garrison quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 13 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.
- 1907 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1945 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Garrison quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Table Rock Lake quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
28 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Ameera (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,422 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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 | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179441-10604-08092019-1940 |
| 2 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | H HIGHWAY |
| 10 July 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 May 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178984-10604-04072019-0205 |
| 11 April 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.8 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | BRIGHT HOLLOW |
| 28 March 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 28 March 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swan | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Taneyville | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Dickens | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| McFarland (historical) | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Long Beach | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Merriam Woods | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Shepherd of the Hills Estates | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Walnut Shade | 5.7 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 755658. 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.