BlockHickman, Missouri
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Duck Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63960. It stands on Flat Mingo Creek. The Survey maps it on the Acorn Ridge quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1934 USGS Puxico quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1939 USGS Puxico quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Acorn Ridge quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
9 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Hickman between 1998 and 2020, burning about 11 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Mingo National Wildlife Refuge | PIERMAN |
| 8 April 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mingo National Wildlife Refuge | MONOPOLY MARSH OVERLOOK |
| 8 April 2001 | Smoking | under an acre | Mingo National Wildlife Refuge | BOARDWALK |
| 7 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 2.9 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 210521-11115-03072020-1140 |
| 16 March 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178743-10399-03162019-1550 |
| 1 March 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Mingo National Wildlife Refuge | FOXPOND |
| 11 December 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179580-10399-12112019-1440 |
| 11 December 2019 | Debris and open burning | 3.3 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179583-10399-12112019-1515 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Hickman: 7 past producers, 2 occurrences. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Goforth Land | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Hawks + Houck Land | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Murphy Mine #1 | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Pico Iron Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Smith Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Wilhelm Land | 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 740927. 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.