BlockCunningham, Missouri
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Cunningham Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64681. It stands on Tough Branch. The Survey maps it on the Sumner quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1949 USGS Sumner quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Sumner quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Chillicothe quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
6 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Cunningham between 1999 and 2018, burning about 448 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 25 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 March 2000 | Smoking | 380 acres | Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge | ESIDEPRAIR |
| 6 March 2018 | Natural | 53 acres | Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge | ELK CREEK |
| 11 March 2000 | Smoking | 10 acres | Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge | TAYLORPOIN |
| 22 January 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Cunningham: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
Storms near this place
7 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cunningham in 7 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 3 hail, 2 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash 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 2017 | Flash Flood | Cunningham | - | Widespread road closures were reported across Chariton County as a result of flash flooding. |
| November 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cunningham | - | The entire town of Sumner was without power following several power poles and lines being down as a result of severe thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2008 | Flood | Cunningham | - | The Grand River near Sumner crested at 34.82 feet, or 10.82 feet above flood stage. |
| April 2008 | Flood | Cunningham | - | The Grand River near Sumner crested at 34.48 feet, or 10.48 feet above flood stage. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Cunningham | - | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Hail | Cunningham | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Cunningham | - | 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.
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 Cunningham | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q16466695 | 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 749550. 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.