BlockGriswold, Missouri
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Cedar Bluff Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63942. It stands on Colvin Creek. The Survey maps it on the Billmore quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1941 USGS Gatewood quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Gatewood quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Billmore quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS West Plains quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Billmore quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
25 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Griswold between 1992 and 2018, burning about 464 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 29 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 26 July 1997 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 22 July 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 21 July 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 June 2018 | Debris and open burning | 3.5 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177769-09147-06072018-1835 |
| 1 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
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 Griswold: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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.
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 Griswold | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27986192 | 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 740297. 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.