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Bell Grove, Missouri

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Polk Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64468. It stands on Peach Creek. The Survey maps it on the Maryville West quadrangle.

Bell Grove within Nodaway County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 printed sheets

Matched 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.

In the county-history sources

15,029 words on this township

The History of Nodaway County, Missouri, Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, Etc., Biographical Sketches of Its Citizens, published 1882 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Polk Township covers organization and boundary-i'hysical features-early se1tleks, town of wilcox business directory-platting of mary ville, additions- -maryville-first settlers, pioneer business men-private sch( >ol>-acadam1es, public schools, maryville business college - secret ordersbenevolent societies-churches.

Read the chapter on Polk Township - 15,029 words.

Fires near this place

7 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Bell Grove between 1993 and 2018, burning about 11 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
12 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation176789-07437-04062018-0019
17 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation176791-07437-04172018-1851
11 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation176790-07437-04112018-1544
27 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation176779-07437-03272018-0827
15 March 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation176792-07437-03152018-2045
10 March 2018Debris and open burning3.6 acresMissouri Department of Conservation166017-07437-03102018-1213

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nodaway County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Maryville3.7 miles11
Arkoe5.5 miles11
Whitecloud6.6 miles12
Wilcox7.2 miles11
Bedison7.4 miles11
Pumpkin Center7.5 miles12
Skidmore9.0 miles14
Graham9.6 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 739619. 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.