BlockAstoria, Missouri
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Montgomery Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65660. It lies near Schoolhouse Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Manes quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1931 USGS Manes quadrangle1:48000
- 1941 USGS Manes quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Manes quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Mountain Grove quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Manes quadrangle1:24000
- 2004 USGS Manes quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
46 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Astoria between 1992 and 2020, burning about 650 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 31 August 2004 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 25 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | HOG |
| 21 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | SLIM JIM |
| 9 April 2007 | Debris and open burning | 46 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | BLACK JACK |
| 8 April 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 123530-10744-04072015-1702 |
| 2 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | CHICKEN LEG |
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 Astoria: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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 - Iron | Iron | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Embree | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| Green Mountain | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| Maines | 4.0 miles | 17 | |
| Manes | 4.1 miles | 17 | |
| Graff | 4.3 miles | 17 | |
| Rail | 5.6 miles | 17 | |
| Mingsville | 5.6 miles | 17 | |
| Rayborn | 6.3 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 735042. 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.