BlockEsrom, Missouri
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Northfork Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64759. It stands on West Fork River. The Survey maps it on the Lamar South quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1886 USGS Carthage quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Carthage quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Lamar South quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
35 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Esrom between 1994 and 2020, burning about 883 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 230784-02439-09302020-2015 |
| 2 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178089-00625-08022018-1627 |
| 23 May 1994 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 17 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 200515-02439-05172019-0655 |
| 16 May 1994 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 17 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.4 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178087-00625-04172018-1406 |
| 6 March 1994 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 March 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
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 Esrom: 3 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Clay | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boston | 2.4 miles | 16 | |
| Oakton | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| Lamar Heights | 5.8 miles | 16 | |
| Lamar | 6.3 miles | 16 | |
| Malty | 7.0 miles | 16 | |
| Kenoma | 7.1 miles | 17 | |
| Sherwood (historical) | 8.0 miles | 17 | |
| Iantha | 8.1 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740440. 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.