BlockBefore

Black, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Black River Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63625. It stands on Little Brushy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Edgehill quadrangle. It stands 801 feet above sea level.

Black within Reynolds County

On record in Black

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 19 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

35 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Black between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,898 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 11 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
Arson/incendiarism11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Debris and open burning9
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1

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
2 September 1995Natural8.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
27 August 2010Arson/incendiarism67 acresMark Twain National ForestCARTY
4 July 2012Arson/incendiarism93 acresMark Twain National ForestLOW GAP
13 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMark Twain National ForestSUTTON
9 June 2012Arson/incendiarism228 acresMark Twain National Forest829
7 June 2012Arson/incendiarism9.6 acresMark Twain National ForestHAWKINS HILL
3 May 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined2,146 acresMark Twain National ForestCARTY
17 May 1997Debris and open burning8.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Reynolds County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Black: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper. 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 CopperCopperPast Producer
Unknown LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Reynolds County

Storms near this place

7 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Black in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2020: 4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2008Flash FloodBlack$5,000Between 2 and 3 inches of rain fell in a short amount of time on already saturated soils. This caused some flash flooding, especially over the eastern sections of the county. Numerous roads were closed due to flooding including Highway N and Highway 49 about 3 miles southeast of the intersection with Highway 21. Also, in Centerville a creek overflowed out of its banks causing water to rise on several roads in town near the creek and affect several buildings in town.
January 2008Thunderstorm WindBlack-Several trees up to a foot in diameter were blown over onto Highway J between Black and Oates. Several small pine trees were ripped out of the ground as well.
May 2002HailBlack-The County Sheriff reported 1 inch hail.
March 2020HailBlack-no account filed
March 2008HailBlack-no account filed
September 2006HailBlack-no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindBlack-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Reynolds 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
Edgehill3.9 miles19
Monterey5.1 miles21
Pinkley (historical)6.0 miles21
Centerville6.8 miles20
Oates6.9 miles19
Lesterville7.2 miles18
Munger8.6 miles21
Lake Springs9.1 miles18

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on BlackAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3471718The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 748875. 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.