BlockMcBride, Missouri
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Bois Brule Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63775. The Survey maps it on the Belgique quadrangle. It stands 371 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 22 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.
- 1915 USGS Chester quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Chester quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Belgique quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Carbondale quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Carbondale quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Belgique quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
5 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of McBride between 1995 and 2017, burning about 14 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 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 70-2013 |
| 29 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 22 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 37-0414 |
| 17 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 210217 |
| 15 February 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
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 McBride: 2 producers, 2 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Illinois Sand Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Wlatersburg Shale Exposure | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Herrin City Eng. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Perry County Stone Co. Quarry/Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Sereno Quarry | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lithium | 2.4 miles | 23 | |
| Sereno | 2.5 miles | 22 | |
| Belgique | 3.1 miles | 22 | |
| Saline Junction | 3.9 miles | 23 | |
| Claryville | 4.1 miles | 23 | |
| Brewer | 5.8 miles | 23 | |
| Point Rest | 6.9 miles | 23 | |
| Menfro | 7.3 miles | 23 |
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 McBride | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14704434 | 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 722028. 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.