BlockHimont, Missouri
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Moore Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63629. It lies near Polk Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Midridge 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
13 surveys from 18 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.
- 1944 USGS Corridon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Corridon quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 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 Midridge quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Spring Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
30 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Himont (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 967 acres in total. None started naturally. 12 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 | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | LL PICNIC |
| 5 May 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 18 May 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.6 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | CONWAY |
| 8 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 17 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | not named |
| 4 April 2004 | Debris and open burning | 18 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | BILLY GOAT |
| 30 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.3 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | SALT |
| 27 April 2000 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | GRAVE YARD |
| 22 April 1993 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Himont (historical): 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roger's Mill Land | Iron | Occurrence | Hematite, Limonite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midridge | 2.1 miles | 18 | |
| Brushy Mill (historical) | 3.3 miles | 20 | |
| Mauser Mill | 3.7 miles | 20 | |
| Rat | 4.4 miles | 18 | |
| Gang | 7.2 miles | 20 | |
| Junction Ferry | 8.4 miles | 22 | |
| Round Spring | 9.0 miles | 20 | |
| Owls Bend | 9.2 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 737888. 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.