BlockHough, Missouri
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Tywappity Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63834. The Survey maps it on the Charleston quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1939 USGS Charleston quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Charleston quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Dyersburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1969 USGS Charleston quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Sikeston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Charleston quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
3 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Hough in 2019, burning under an acre in total. None 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 | 3 |
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 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179341-06732-09042019-1535 |
| 27 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179340-06732-09272019-2220 |
| 22 March 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179344-06732-03222019-1830 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rumsey Spur (historical) | 0.7 miles | 13 | |
| Wilson City | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Alfalfa Center | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Wyatt | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Coulter | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Hallett (historical) | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Catalpa | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Charleston | 4.7 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 739885. 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.