BlockHeather, Missouri
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63463. It stands on Merrills Branch. The Survey maps it on the Emden quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1903 USGS Palmyra quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Emden quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
11 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Heather between 1992 and 2020, burning about 115 acres 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 | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 16 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 220625-06426-08162020-1610 |
| 3 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179004-06426-04032019-1800 |
| 22 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.6 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190499-06426-04222020-1200 |
| 7 March 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 23 March 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179003-06426-03232019-1415 |
| 23 March 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 11 March 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Heather in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heather | - | Widespread tree damage across the central portions of Marion County, from near Philadelphia to just east of Palmyra. In Palmyra, the door to a pizza restaurant was blown off. Also, numerous power lines were blown down due to fallen trees and tree limbs. A large 4 foot diameter tree was snapped off on Highway 168 just east of Palmyra. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cherry Dell (historical) | 3.6 miles | 10 | |
| Philadelphia | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Bellville | 4.8 miles | 11 | |
| Warren | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Nelsonville | 5.8 miles | 10 | |
| Benbow | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Emerson | 6.7 miles | 13 | |
| Newmarket | 7.0 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 732943. 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.
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.