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Birdsong, Missouri

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65785. It stands on Cannon Branch. The Survey maps it on the Arnica quadrangle.

Birdsong within St. Clair County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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.

Fires near this place

56 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Birdsong between 1992 and 2018, burning about 2,153 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 14 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 burning28
Arson/incendiarism14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Smoking2
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
26 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
14 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined62 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 July 1992Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation138824-09339-04092016-1311
7 April 2018Debris and open burning2.4 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177535-09339-04072018-1346
7 April 2001Arson/incendiarism293 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 April 1995Debris and open burning25 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
19 April 1998Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Clair County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Birdsong: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in St. Clair County

Storms near this place

3 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Birdsong in 3 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2025FloodBirdsong-A low water crossing on Southeast 1200 Road and nearby 541 Road was flooded by Brushy Creek.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindBirdsong-Trees were reported uprooted and laying in different directions at the intersection of US 54 and Highway J. This was a delayed report with the time estimated by radar.
June 2007Flash FloodBirdsong-Heavy rain caused Brush Creek to flood into surrounding low lying areas. The creek also caused a low water crossing to become impassable to motorists west of Collins.

Every storm recorded in St. Clair 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
Cobb2.3 miles16
Rookins2.3 miles18
Hardyville2.5 miles16
Blackjack3.3 miles18
Raney5.9 miles17
Collins6.0 miles17
Crooks Springs6.8 miles16
Topper7.5 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 755774. 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.