BlockBirds Nest, Missouri
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Meramec Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65565. It stands on Whittenburg Creek. The Survey maps it on the Steelville quadrangle.
On record in Birds Nest
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Big Bend Rural Schoollisted 1978 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 surveys from 22 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.
- 1932 USGS Steelville quadrangle1:48000
- 1933 USGS Steelville quadrangle1:62500
- 1937 USGS Steelville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Steelville quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Steelville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1999 USGS Steelville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
47 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Birds Nest between 1992 and 2019, burning about 310 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 38 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 June 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 144711-02811-06222016-1339 |
| 25 May 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 129938-02811-05252015-1641 |
| 7 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 55 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 28 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Birds Nest: 27 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sulfur-Pyrite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collins Mine | Clay, Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Copper Bank Mine | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Grady Brothers Prospect | Copper, Sulfur-Pyrite | Past Producer | ||
| Halbert's Diggings | Iron, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Mullen Mine | Sulfur-Pyrite | Past Producer | ||
| Pilz Prospect | Sulfur-Pyrite | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wildwoods | 1.0 miles | 22 | |
| Sankey (historical) | 1.6 miles | 22 | |
| Steelville | 2.0 miles | 22 | |
| Midland | 2.2 miles | 22 | |
| Idlewild | 2.3 miles | 19 | |
| Elaver | 4.7 miles | 22 | |
| Cuba | 5.1 miles | 19 | |
| Amanda | 5.1 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 748870. 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.