BlockBoyd, Missouri
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1884 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65644. It stands on Stever Branch. The Survey maps it on the Charity quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1884 USGS Bolivar quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Bolivar quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Charity quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Bolivar quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
28 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Boyd between 1994 and 2020, burning about 419 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 | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 20 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 230709-03906-09202020-1200 |
| 17 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 261467-11201-09172020-1604 |
| 9 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.6 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177857-03906-08092018-1610 |
| 8 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 21 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 17 May 1997 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Boyd: 2 past producers. 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| March | 1.6 miles | 17 | |
| Charity | 3.3 miles | 17 | |
| Olive | 3.4 miles | 19 | |
| Redtop | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| Spring Grove | 4.0 miles | 17 | |
| Thorpe | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Foose | 5.6 miles | 17 | |
| Limekiln Ford (historical) | 5.7 miles | 14 |
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 Boyd | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27984798 | The 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 755619. 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.