BlockMcClurg, Missouri
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Beaver Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65608. The Survey maps it on the Brownbranch quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 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.
- 1937 USGS Bradleyville quadrangle1:48000
- 1943 USGS Bradleyville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Bradleyville quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Brownbranch quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Ava quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 2004 USGS Brownbranch quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
131 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 131 fires within 5 miles of McClurg between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,304 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 80 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 80 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | ALBERT |
| 20 September 2004 | Fireworks | 35 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | FIRST |
| 8 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | 147 |
| 7 May 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 31 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | ARKANSAS VIEW |
| 6 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 14 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | ONION |
| 5 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | TRASH 2 |
| 5 April 2003 | Natural | 33 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | EASY MONEY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brownbranch | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Eastview (historical) | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Bradleyville | 7.1 miles | 13 | |
| Hercules | 7.4 miles | 11 | |
| Fairview | 11.1 miles | 11 | |
| Nance | 12.1 miles | 11 | |
| Rueter | 13.1 miles | 11 | |
| Hilda | 13.8 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 750986. 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.