BlockLoeffler, Missouri
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Walnut Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63559. The Survey maps it on the Nind quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1954 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Nind quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Kirksville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Loeffler between 2014 and 2019, burning about 18 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179301-00000-04262019-1530 |
| 24 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 23 March 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.3 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179288-00000-03232019-1110 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Loeffler in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2019: 2 flood, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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 2019 | Flood | Loeffler | - | Ongoing flooding along the Missouri River continued through the month of April and into May. Several roads were closed near the banks of the Missouri River. This flooding began in mid March and due to upstream releases and continued periods of heavy rain the flooding continued into May. Monetary damages are unknown despite the entry indicating 0 dollars of damages. |
| May 2011 | Flash Flood | Loeffler | - | Heavy rains caused flash flooding over portions of Highway 48. Roads were also closed around Bolckow. |
| June 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Loeffler | - | An EF0 tornado touchdown was observed at 17:20 CST, 2 miles northeast of the junction of Highway 129 and Highway 11. The tornado was over rural land and lifted at 17:21 CST. No damage was observed. |
| July 2008 | Flood | Loeffler | - | Water was reported over Highway 11. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zig | 3.9 miles | 7 | |
| Nind | 4.1 miles | 7 | |
| Ringo Point | 5.5 miles | 7 | |
| Lindersville (historical) | 6.8 miles | 11 | |
| Simler | 7.4 miles | 11 | |
| Mines | 7.6 miles | 7 | |
| Nefy (historical) | 7.8 miles | 11 | |
| Yarrow | 8.1 miles | 11 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122597904 | 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 740199. 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.