BlockBlake, Missouri
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64640. It stands on Cottonwood Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jamesport quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1922 USGS Gallatin quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Chillicothe quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Jamesport quadrangle1:24000
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Jackson township. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
John Oxford
The subject of this sketch was born in Clay county, Kentucky, April 9, 1833. His parents are Jonathan and Elizabeth Spurlock Oxford, the former a native of North Carolina, and the latter of Kentucky. Tis father was one of the first settlers of Daviess county, and was taken out and shot during the war, April 4, 1863; his mother still resides upon the farm where they first settled upon their arrival in this connty.
In the county-history sources
8,979 words on this townshipThe History Of Daviess County, Missouri (Birdsall & Dean, 1882), published 1882 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Jackson Township covers when oryganized, boundary, first settlers, what usually zappens, churches, new design church.
Read the chapter on Jackson Township - 8,979 words.
Fires near this place
6 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Blake between 1997 and 2020, burning about 34 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
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 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 3 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 261532-03160-03032020-1555 |
| 28 March 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 261537-03160-03282020-1255 |
| 20 March 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 18 March 2002 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 26 January 2002 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 20 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Blake: 14 past producers, 3 producers, 3 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raid Quarries Plant #1 & #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Raid Quarries Plant #3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Broskin Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Gallatin Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Gallatin Stone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Mcdowell Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Snyder Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Township Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wabash Crossing | 3.8 miles | 10 | |
| Jamesport | 4.2 miles | 10 | |
| Magill | 4.9 miles | 10 | |
| Carlow | 5.0 miles | 10 | |
| Gallatin | 5.3 miles | 10 | |
| Jameson | 7.0 miles | 13 | |
| Lock Springs | 8.4 miles | 10 | |
| Bancroft | 11.9 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740680. 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.