BlockForest Spur, Missouri
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Como Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63870. It stands on Caney Slough. The Survey maps it on the Parma 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 Malden quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Dyersburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Malden quadrangle1:62500
- 1978 USGS Parma quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sikeston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Forest Spur in 2020, burning about 1 acre 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
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 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 230739-07254-09272020-1640 |
| 4 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 220583-07254-08042020-1555 |
| 7 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190416-07254-04072020-2025 |
| 11 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190441-07254-04112020-1825 |
| 5 December 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 251151-07254-12052020-1805 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Forest Spur: 1 past producer. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Iron | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Risco | 0.9 miles | 9 | |
| Tallapoosa | 2.2 miles | 9 | |
| Hartzell | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Baderville | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Lone Star | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Parma | 5.1 miles | 9 | |
| Lorwood | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Crumpecker (historical) | 5.4 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.
| Wikidata item Q122572905 | 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 740067. 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.