BlockBurton, Missouri
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Burton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65248. The Survey maps it on the Burton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1890 USGS Glasgow quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Burton quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Burton: 1 past producer. 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
13 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Burton in 13 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 6 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burton | $10,000 | no account filed |
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burton | - | Multiple reports of downed powerlines near Route A south of Bunker Hill. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Burton | - | Three inch hail fell near Fayette. No damage was reported with this hail report. |
| June 2020 | Flood | Burton | - | State Highway H was closed due to flooding. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burton | - | Large tree limbs were down over State Route H. |
| June 1999 | Flood | Burton | - | High water from Hungry Mother Creek covered a county road bridge just north of Bunker Hill. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Burton | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Burton | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Burton | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Burton | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burton | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burton | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Burton | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bunker Hill | 4.3 miles | 16 | |
| Punkin Center | 5.5 miles | 16 | |
| Armstrong | 6.1 miles | 15 | |
| Fayette | 6.1 miles | 16 | |
| Sebree | 7.4 miles | 16 | |
| Steinmetz | 7.8 miles | 16 | |
| Landmark (historical) | 8.6 miles | 15 | |
| Hilldale | 10.8 miles | 15 |
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 Burton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5000774 | 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 740711. 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.
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.