BlockHowell, Missouri
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 2000. It stands in Boone Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63304. The Survey maps it on the Defiance 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
11 surveys from 24 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.
- 1903 USGS O'Fallon quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1948 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Defiance quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS St Louis quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 2000 USGS Defiance quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
22 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Howell (historical) between 2006 and 2020, burning about 13 acres 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 15 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 10 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 1 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 10 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 11 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 8 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 241105-09222-04082020-1900 |
| 3 April 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 135284-09222-04032016-2229 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Howell (historical): 5 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamburg Squarry | Stone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Defiance Quarry and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Meyer Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mechanicsville | 1.7 miles | 24 | |
| Toonerville | 1.7 miles | 25 | |
| Hamburg | 2.4 miles | 25 | |
| Weldon Spring Heights | 4.2 miles | 25 | |
| Defiance | 4.3 miles | 24 | |
| Weldon Spring | 4.3 miles | 25 | |
| Dardenne | 5.0 miles | 24 | |
| Weldon | 5.4 miles | 25 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 757271. 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.