BlockCrest, Missouri
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Williams Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65325. The Survey maps it on the Cole Camp quadrangle. It stands 1,083 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1887 USGS Warsaw quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Warsaw quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Cole Camp quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Harry S Truman Reservoir quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
93 words on this townshipA Sketch of the History of Benton County, Missouri, published 1876 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Williams Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Williams Township - 93 words.
Fires near this place
9 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Crest between 1995 and 2018, burning about 156 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 March 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 112 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 19 March 1995 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 15 March 1995 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 February 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 3 February 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.9 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177799-00804-02032018-1026 |
| 3 February 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177800-00804-02032018-1826 |
| 27 February 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 23 October 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 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 Crest: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Flagstone, Lead, Zinc, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Lead-Zinc | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S+G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Chmelir Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Neff Quarry | Flagstone | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crockerville | 1.7 miles | 17 | |
| Cole Camp | 3.7 miles | 17 | |
| Lake Creek | 4.2 miles | 18 | |
| Hilda | 6.4 miles | 21 | |
| Mora | 6.6 miles | 18 | |
| Cole Camp Junction | 7.5 miles | 17 | |
| Windsor Junction | 9.3 miles | 19 | |
| Ionia | 10.7 miles | 19 |
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 Crest | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5184533 | 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 740776. 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.