BlockFagus, Missouri
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Gillis Bluff Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63961. The Survey maps it on the Oglesville quadrangle. It stands 308 feet above sea level.
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.
- 1935 USGS Harviell quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Harviell quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Oglesville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Fagus in 2012, burning about 20 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 February 2012 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
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 Fagus: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piggott Prospect | Silica | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
7 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fagus in 7 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2011 | Flood | Fagus | $500,000 | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fagus | $20,000 | Broken power poles were reported around Fagus. |
| March 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fagus | $15,000 | An equipment barn was destroyed and a few trees were uprooted along Highway 51 near the Arkansas-Missouri border. |
| September 2025 | Hail | Fagus | - | Hail measured to quarter size was reported south of Qulin in extreme southeast Butler County. Time estimated from radar. |
| June 2019 | Funnel Cloud | Fagus | - | A photo was taken of a rope-like funnel cloud extending less than halfway to the ground. |
| December 2009 | Flash Flood | Fagus | - | King Creek rose up to the bridge on County Road 421. |
| January 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Fagus | - | A brief tornado touchdown was observed, with no damage. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platanus (historical) | 1.6 miles | 13 | |
| Carola | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Whitlow | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| Oglesville | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Osborn | 5.6 miles | 9 | |
| Qulin | 5.9 miles | 9 | |
| Vastus | 8.0 miles | 12 | |
| Quercus | 8.3 miles | 9 |
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 Fagus | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3471580 | 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 735609. 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.