BlockErie, Missouri
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Erie McNatt Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64843. It stands on Bullskin Creek. The Survey maps it on the McNatt quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1940 USGS Noel quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Noel quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS McNatt quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Neosho quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
32 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Erie between 1992 and 2020, burning about 950 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 17 May 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 April 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 78 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 April 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 April 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 3 April 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 23 April 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 136315-07334-04232016-1341 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Erie: 2 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Lead, Zinc. 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 & Iron | Iron, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Hathaway Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Old Camp Crowder Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Erie in 3 storm reports between 2020 and 2023: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Erie | - | Several large trees were either snapped 12 to 15 feet up or uprooted. |
| September 2021 | Hail | Erie | - | Nickle sized hail was reported. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Erie | - | The public reported hail from pea to quarters in size covering the ground like snow. The hail lasted for at least 5 minutes. |
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 717622. 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.