BlockCobb, Missouri
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Roscoe Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64776. It stands on Brush Creek. The Survey maps it on the Roscoe quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1886 USGS Stockton quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1938 USGS Roscoe quadrangle1:24000
- 1940 USGS Roscoe quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Bolivar quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Roscoe quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
59 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Cobb between 1992 and 2018, burning about 2,843 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 13 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 | 29 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 14 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 62 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 April 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 138824-09339-04092016-1311 |
| 7 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.4 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177535-09339-04072018-1346 |
| 7 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 293 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 14 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 44 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 10 April 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 138831-09339-04102016-0212 |
| 10 April 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 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 Cobb: 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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardyville | 0.3 miles | 16 | |
| Birdsong | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Blackjack | 2.5 miles | 18 | |
| Rookins | 3.8 miles | 18 | |
| Raney | 4.2 miles | 17 | |
| Crooks Springs | 4.8 miles | 16 | |
| Story (historical) | 5.9 miles | 16 | |
| Roscoe | 6.2 miles | 16 |
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 Cobb | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28035656 | 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 755904. 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.