BlockBoxford, Missouri
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Sherman Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64430. The Survey maps it on the Clarksdale quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1923 USGS Clarksdale quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1925 USGS Clarksdale quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Clarksdale quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Saint Joseph quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
12 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Boxford (historical) between 2013 and 2020, burning about 28 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/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.1 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177117-00202-05102018-1013 |
| 5 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176506-00202-04052018-1830 |
| 2 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178827-00202-04022019-2054 |
| 6 March 2020 | Other causes | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 200562-00202-03062020-1430 |
| 29 March 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 21 February 2020 | Debris and open burning | 8.4 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 200560-00202-02212020-1305 |
| 20 February 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 134056-00202-02202016-1400 |
| 20 February 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 134055-00202-02202016-1525 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Boxford (historical): 6 past producers. None of them still produces. 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarksdale | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Oak | 4.4 miles | 17 | |
| Bayfield (historical) | 4.6 miles | 17 | |
| Orchid | 7.8 miles | 17 | |
| Amity | 8.2 miles | 15 | |
| Stewartsville | 8.3 miles | 15 | |
| Union Star | 9.1 miles | 17 | |
| Wood | 10.1 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740172. 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.