BlockHalcyon, Missouri
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Sinkin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65560. It lies near Prater Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Gladden quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 17 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.
- 1945 USGS Round Spring quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Sinkin quadrangle1:48000
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Round Spring quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Gladden quadrangle1:24000
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Spring Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
77 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Halcyon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,191 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 42 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 | 42 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | TURTLE CURVE |
| 1 September 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | not named |
| 9 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.5 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | CAVE BRANCH HOLLOW |
| 24 August 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 65 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | GRAY BRANCH |
| 2 July 2012 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | STRANGE |
| 20 June 2012 | Natural | 1.4 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | HELLUMS HOLLOW |
| 13 June 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.3 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | COUNTY LINE |
| 9 May 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 16 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | ORCHARD MILL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Halcyon: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - S+G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S+G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Nova Scotia Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Surface/Underground | |
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Iron | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 754810. 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.