BlockHilo, Missouri
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Walls Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65755. It stands on Hilo Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Wasola quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 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.
- 1936 USGS Ava quadrangle1:48000
- 1942 USGS Ava quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Ava quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Wasola quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Ava quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 2004 USGS Wasola quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
87 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Hilo (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,052 acres in total. None started naturally. 33 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 | 37 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 33 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 25 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 24 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 23 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 17 May 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 April 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 304 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | INDIAN FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Hilo (historical): 1 occurrence, 1 unknown, 1 prospect, 1 past producer. 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 | Unknown | ||
| Able Land | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Charles Rippee Iron Mine | Iron | Occurrence | Surface | |
| Mapes 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 733889. 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.