BlockBarron, Missouri
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Ash Hill Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63940. The Survey maps it on the Rombauer quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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.
- 1935 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1939 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Rombauer quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:62500
- 1983 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
38 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Barron between 1992 and 2020, burning about 86 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | EASTSIDE |
| 6 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 189936-01201-08062019-1655 |
| 25 August 1996 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177985-01201-07042018-1128 |
| 3 July 1996 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 25 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177992-01201-07252018-1534 |
| 2 July 1996 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 14 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177987-01201-07142018-0850 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Barron: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
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 748693. 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.