BlockEl Paso, Missouri
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Liberty Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65647. It stands on Talbert Branch. The Survey maps it on the Rocky Comfort quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
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.
- 1941 USGS Rocky Comfort quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Rocky Comfort quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Rocky Comfort quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Neosho quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
52 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of El Paso (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 762 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 1994 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 August 1994 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 2 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.4 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177594-00505-08022018-2021 |
| 2 August 1994 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 1 August 1994 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 12 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 220581-00514-07122020-1420 |
| 18 June 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.5 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177664-00514-06182018-1352 |
| 14 May 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.3 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177663-00514-05142018-1602 |
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 El Paso (historical): 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ridgley | 0.9 miles | 14 | |
| Wheaton | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Burtonville | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Exeter | 5.2 miles | 12 | |
| Sunrise | 5.8 miles | 11 | |
| Wayne | 6.0 miles | 12 | |
| Corsicana | 6.3 miles | 11 | |
| Butterfield | 6.8 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 732876. 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.