BlockHomer, Missouri
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Pine A Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65611. The Survey maps it on the Lampe quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 16 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.
- 1907 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1945 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Lampe quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Table Rock Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Lampe quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1999 USGS Lampe quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
22 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Homer between 1992 and 2020, burning about 708 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 1 August 1997 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 July 1997 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 27 July 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 23 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.2 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177449-10404-07232018-1717 |
| 12 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 145 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176963-10404-05122018-1805 |
| 9 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 11 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178822-10404-04092019-1500 |
| 24 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.2 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176955-10404-04242018-1731 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Eye | 1.5 miles | 13 | |
| Lampe | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| Coney Island | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| Baxter | 6.0 miles | 16 | |
| Nauvoo | 6.3 miles | 15 | |
| Dorcas (historical) | 6.4 miles | 16 | |
| Radical | 7.1 miles | 16 | |
| Marmaros | 7.4 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 755654. 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.