BlockHemenway, Missouri
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Thomas Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63953. It lies near Sylvan Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Oxly 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 Oxly quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
24 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Hemenway between 1992 and 2020, burning about 228 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 3 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178442-09143-04032019-2015 |
| 3 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178441-09143-04032019-1830 |
| 3 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178439-09143-04032019-1155 |
| 3 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178440-09143-04032019-1550 |
| 21 April 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riga (historical) | 0.2 miles | 11 | |
| Torch | 1.5 miles | 11 | |
| Glenn | 2.1 miles | 11 | |
| Naylor | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Martinsburg (historical) | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Oxly | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Sinsabaugh | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Purman | 5.3 miles | 11 |
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 Hemenway | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28018067 | 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 740922. 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.