BlockFaris, Missouri
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Little Prairie Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63851. The Survey maps it on the Hayti Heights quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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 Hayti quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Hayti quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Dyersburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1978 USGS Hayti Heights quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Dyersburg quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
25 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Faris between 2004 and 2019, burning about 39 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179230-07861-09132019-1400 |
| 8 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.9 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177779-80001-08082018-1138 |
| 3 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177780-80001-08032018-1739 |
| 18 August 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 12 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 9 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 4 July 2018 | Fireworks | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177784-80001-07042018-2215 |
| 4 July 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Braggadocio | 1.8 miles | 9 | |
| Blazer | 1.8 miles | 9 | |
| Shade | 1.8 miles | 9 | |
| Gill | 2.4 miles | 9 | |
| Hayti Heights | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Micola | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Carlston | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Hayti | 4.2 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 737966. 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.