BlockBuchanan, Missouri
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Filmore Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63751. The Survey maps it on the Gipsy quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 20 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.
- 1935 USGS Zalma quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1939 USGS Zalma quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Gipsy quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Gipsy quadrangle1:24000
- 1966 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Piedmont quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
7 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Buchanan between 1993 and 2018, burning about 28 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 May 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 31 May 1997 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 27 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177271-02220-04272018-2017 |
| 2 April 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 2 April 1993 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 February 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 18 November 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
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 Buchanan: 5 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elledge Clay Pit | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Howell Land | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Myers Bank | Iron | Past Producer | Marcasite | |
| Myers Bank | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Speers Mountain | Iron | 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.
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 Buchanan | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q16985568 | 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 740705. 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.