BlockBraggadocio, Missouri
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Braggadocio Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63826. It lies near Blow Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Hayti Heights quadrangle. It stands 266 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1940 USGS Hayti quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Hayti quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Dyersburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1978 USGS Hayti Heights quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Dyersburg quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
4 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Braggadocio between 2018 and 2019, burning about 7 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 | 3 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 July 2018 | Fireworks | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177785-80001-07012018-1402 |
| 9 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.4 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177791-80001-03092018-2059 |
| 27 March 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.2 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179225-07861-03272019-1645 |
| 22 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177789-80001-03222018-1749 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Braggadocio in 5 storm reports between 1994 and 2021: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2006 | Tornado (F1) | Braggadocio | $60,000 | A tornado touched down 5 miles northwest of Braggadocio and traveled southeast to 3 miles southeast of Caruthersville. The tornado was not continuous as it lifted up and touched down several times. The tornado mainly affected agricultural interests and primarily produced minor damage. A weak framed house was destroyed just northwest of Braggadocio. The tornado then continued southeast into Caruthersville and affected areas one half mile south of where the April 2nd, 2006 F3 tornado occurred. A few homes suffered minor damage. A few sheds and barns were also destroyed. Straight line wind damage was also mixed in with the tornado damage. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Braggadocio | $50,000 | A mobile home was demolished after a nearby large tree was uprooted and landed on top of it. Two people inside were trapped temporarily. Reported by a local newspaper. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Braggadocio | $35,000 | Straight-line winds caused some roof damage to a few homes and a business. Several trees and large branches were knocked down. |
| October 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Braggadocio | $2,000 | Trees were knocked down on Highway Z in Braggadocio by straight line winds. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Braggadocio | - | Route DD three miles west of Heloise is closed due to flooding. |
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.
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 Braggadocio | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3471704 | 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 714626. 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.
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.