BlockFoil, Missouri
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Thornfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65755. It lies near Buzzard Roost Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Smallett quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 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.
- 1936 USGS Ava quadrangle1:48000
- 1942 USGS Ava quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Ava quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Smallett quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Ava quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 2004 USGS Smallett quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
32 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Foil between 1992 and 2019, burning about 583 acres in total. None started naturally. 18 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 April 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | not named |
| 4 April 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | not named |
| 28 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 62 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 20 April 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | MIDDLE PRONG |
| 16 April 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 28 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | JJ SETS |
| 12 April 1998 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 11 April 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | TURNER HAY FIELD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 Foil: 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Able Land | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Newton Mining Co Land | Iron | Prospect |
Storms near this place
1 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Foil in 1 storm report in 2008: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2008 | Flood | Foil | - | Several areas of Ozark County experienced flooding. A couple of specific locations that flooded included low lying roads near Noble and a section of Highway 95 southwest of Wasola. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summit City | 1.6 miles | 13 | |
| Toledo | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Thornfield | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Noble | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Wasola | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Grabeel (historical) | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Pondfork | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| Hammond | 5.6 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 749953. 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.