BlockBurr, Missouri
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63942. The Survey maps it on the Poynor quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1939 USGS Doniphan quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1945 USGS Doniphan quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Poynor quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Poynor quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
36 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Burr between 1992 and 2020, burning about 262 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 August 2004 | Debris and open burning | 14 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 May 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 April 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 19 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.3 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177767-09147-04192018-1435 |
| 19 April 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 17 April 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Burr: 3 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I M Towell Land | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| P Stoops Land | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Ripley County Land | Iron | Prospect | ||
| W W Stephens Land | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Burr in 2 storm reports between 2000 and 2008: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2008 | Tornado (EF1) | Burr | $80,000 | The tornado crossed into Ripley County from Randolph County, Arkansas. There was sporadic tree damage with tops snapped off or uprooted. Several outbuildings (mostly pole barns) were destroyed. Four to five older unattended mobile homes were damaged or destroyed. The last damage noted was an old barn knocked over just southeast of Oxly. The width ranged from 100 to 200 yards. The damage path was broken. Peak winds were estimated near 109 mph. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burr | $4,000 | Several trees were down in southwest Ripley County. |
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 Burr | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28018057 | 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 749129. 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.
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.