BlockIndian Mound, Missouri
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Little Prairie Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63830. The Survey maps it on the Caruthersville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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 Caruthersville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Caruthersville quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Dyersburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Caruthersville quadrangle1:62500
- 1971 USGS Caruthersville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1973 USGS Caruthersville quadrangle1:62500
- 1983 USGS Dyersburg quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Indian Mound between 2005 and 2019, burning about 11 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 | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179231-07861-09202019-1650 |
| 9 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Indian Mound in 1 storm report in 2017: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indian Mound | $75,000 | Two tractor trailer trucks were blown over at mile marker 5 on I-155. A few vehicles were also damaged. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stubtown | 1.7 miles | 13 | |
| McCarty | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Cunningham | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Kinfolks Ridge | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Caruthersville | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Schult | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Shade | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Blazer | 4.1 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 737970. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.