BlockBusch, Missouri
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Salt River Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63459. It stands on Battle Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ashburn quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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.
- 1931 USGS Barry quadrangle1:62500
- 1936 USGS Barry quadrangle1:48000
- 1936 USGS Barry quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Barry quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Ashburn quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Ashburn quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
13 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Busch between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,455 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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 | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 April 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 140 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 22 March 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 22 March 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 22 March 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 19 March 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 19 March 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 November 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 November 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 65 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 Busch: 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 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Busch in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2013: 3 flood, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 death. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | Busch | 1 killed | Up to five inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. Numerous roads were flooded including Highway 79 north of Louisiana, U.S. Highways 54 and 61 in spots, and Highway UU northeast of Bowling Green. Also, one woman drowned when she slipped at a low-water crossing and became trapped in a culvert. It occurred at a popular swimming area call The Slabs on Pike County Road 252 along Buffalo Creek, about five miles south of Louisana. She had been swimming in the rain-swollen creek with her son and his friend. The boys were uninjured in the incident. In Louisiana, several streets downtown were flooded for a time due to a creek flooding out of its banks. Several businesses and homes sustained flooding damage. |
| April 2013 | Flood | Busch | $15,000 | The Mississippi River rose to major flood levels along the border of Pike County. The river crested on the 22nd but remained above flood stage into May. The City of Clarksville, with the help of the Missouri National Guard and many volunteers, was able to build a sandbag wall to protect the downtown business district. Thus damage was limited to some flooded roads, a few outbuilding in the flood plain, and agricultural lowlands. |
| July 2008 | Flood | Busch | - | The Mississippi River crested at Louisiana, MO on July 1 at 23.95 feet. It fell below flood stage on July 16. The river crested at Clarksville, MO on July 1 at 34.60 feet. It fell below flood stage on July 17. For additional information about the flooding consult the June report. |
| July 2008 | Flood | Busch | - | Rainfall of 7 - 10 inches in North Central Missouri caused flooding along the Salt River below Mark Twain Lake. This represented the first flooding of the Salt River since the completion of Clarence Cannon Dam which created Mark Twain Lake in 1984. The flooding was limited to agricultural and conservation lowlands along the river. Several roads were flooded and had to be closed, including Highway 79. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740714. 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.