BlockDepew, Missouri
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Spencer Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65746. It stands on Bad Branch. The Survey maps it on the Dogwood quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1939 USGS Fordland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Fordland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Dogwood quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Mountain Grove quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
38 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Depew between 1992 and 2011, burning about 956 acres in total. None started naturally. 11 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 | 24 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 July 1999 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 April 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 April 2000 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 April 2000 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 April 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 19 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 2 April 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 2 April 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 31 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 Depew: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harpers Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead | Lead | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740350. 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.