BlockJohnstown, Missouri
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Spruce Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64770. It stands on Antioch Creek. The Survey maps it on the Johnstown quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1887 USGS Butler quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Butler quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Johnstown quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Butler quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Johnstown between 2016 and 2020, burning about 97 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 2 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179202-04226-04022019-1155 |
| 6 March 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 142915-04226-03062016-1600 |
| 2 February 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178018-04226-02022018-1600 |
| 2 February 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 29 December 2016 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 143131-04226-12292016-1040 |
| 21 November 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 75 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 12 October 2020 | Debris and open burning | 3.6 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 251330-04226-10122020-1730 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Johnstown: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montrose Quarry #4 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spruce | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Ballard | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Mayesburg | 6.4 miles | 14 | |
| Hudson | 7.4 miles | 15 | |
| Aaron | 8.7 miles | 14 | |
| Altona | 10.2 miles | 14 | |
| Reynard (historical) | 10.5 miles | 15 | |
| Pleasant Gap | 10.8 miles | 15 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Johnstown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27983930 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740971. 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.