BlockBearcreek, Missouri
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Madison Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65649. It lies near The Mound. The Survey maps it on the Bearcreek quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 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 Stockton quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1956 USGS Bearcreek quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Bolivar quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
50 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Bearcreek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 991 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 | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 1994 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 10 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 July 1994 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 25 July 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 May 1997 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 19 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176599-02007-04192018-1525 |
| 16 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 182 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178647-02007-04162019-1655 |
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 Bearcreek: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akard Land | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bearcreek in 11 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bearcreek | $75,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts downed numerous trees and caused minor damage to a few homes. |
| April 2022 | Flash Flood | Bearcreek | $10,000 | Heavy rainfall caused a road to be washed out south of the intersection of Shady Lane and Highway 32. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bearcreek | $1,000 | Several trees were blown down along Highway 32. A roof of a home was partially damaged. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bearcreek | - | Numerous trees were reported uprooted. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bearcreek | - | Several large tree limbs were downed by high winds. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Bearcreek | - | Flash flooding inundated a section of Highway 32 west of Bear Creek. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bearcreek | - | Thunderstorm winds downed limbs. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Bearcreek | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Bearcreek | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Bearcreek | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Bearcreek | - | no account filed |
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 729840. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.