BlockBrock, Missouri
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63555. It stands on Billups Branch. The Survey maps it on the Brock quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1954 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Brock quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Brock in 2018, burning about 8 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brock in 10 storm reports between 2006 and 2015: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Brock | $100,000 | Heavy rains resulted in flash flooding across parts of eastern Scotland County during the afternoon of June 12. Highway 15 just south of the state line was flooded as well as county roads in the vicinities of South Gorin and Arbela. Several streams and creeks were flooded out of their banks. |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brock | $40,000 | NWS survey noted two mobile homes flipped and destroyed at a nudist colony |
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | Brock | $5,000 | Heavy rains caused flash flooding along the North Fabius River from Memphis, MO north to Brock, MO. Widespread agricultural flooding was reported near Memphis as well as some flooding in Memphis. Route C north of Memphis was closed due to high water. |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brock | $1,000 | NWS survey noted tree damage |
| April 2015 | Hail | Brock | - | A trained spotter reported that hail was covering the ground. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brock | - | Two large trees and several other large limbs were blown down. The time of report is estimated by radar. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brock | - | Severe storms caused widespread tree damage across northern portions of Scotland County, including trees that blocked roads and landed on a chicken coop. Time is estimated based on radar. |
| May 2011 | Flash Flood | Brock | - | Heavy rains and subsequent flooding caused several secondary roads including routes H, A, and N to be closed during the late afternoon and early evening hours of May 25. |
| June 2011 | Flash Flood | Brock | - | Heavy rains resulted in some flash flooding across parts of Scotland County Mo during the morning of June 14. Route H was closed due to the flood waters. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brock | - | Winds estimated to be 60 mph blew down a 4 inch diameter tree near Brock, MO. Time estimated. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hitt | 5.6 miles | 7 | |
| Azen | 6.1 miles | 7 | |
| Memphis | 6.5 miles | 10 | |
| Crawford | 8.4 miles | 9 | |
| Prospect Grove | 9.2 miles | 13 | |
| Arbela | 9.4 miles | 9 | |
| Kilwinning | 10.0 miles | 7 | |
| Granger | 11.0 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740696. 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.