BlockGheen, Missouri
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Neely Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63945. It stands on Gaines Slough. The Survey maps it on the Naylor quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 11 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 Acorn quadrangle1:62500
- 1940 USGS Naylor quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Naylor quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Naylor quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
31 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Gheen between 1992 and 2020, burning about 133 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 1 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178110-01201-08012018-1609 |
| 3 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178442-09143-04032019-2015 |
| 19 April 1994 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 10 April 1995 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 1 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.9 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178967-01201-04012019-1453 |
| 23 March 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Gheen: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parks | 1.4 miles | 11 | |
| Kremlin Mill | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Hubbells | 2.6 miles | 11 | |
| Taft | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Booser (historical) | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Neelyville | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Sims (historical) | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Angus | 5.8 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 739608. 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.