BlockMenorkanut, Missouri
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Ash Hill Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63940. The Survey maps it on the Broseley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 9 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.
- 1940 USGS Valley Ridge quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Valley Ridge quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Broseley quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
7 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Menorkanut between 1996 and 2020, burning about 25 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 | 5 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 251234-01201-08212020-1720 |
| 4 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177985-01201-07042018-1128 |
| 2 July 1996 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 18 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 251226-01201-06182020-1429 |
| 10 December 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.3 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 189965-01201-12102019-1514 |
| 20 November 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 251243-01201-11202020-1219 |
| 28 January 2014 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hicoria Spur | 2.7 miles | 9 | |
| Batesville | 3.9 miles | 9 | |
| Broseley | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Rossville | 4.4 miles | 9 | |
| Mayberry | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Fisk | 5.7 miles | 11 | |
| Nyssa | 5.7 miles | 9 | |
| Ash Hill | 5.9 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 Q122554298 | 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 740303. 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.