BlockMurry, Missouri
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Rocky Fork Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65255. The Survey maps it on the Hallsville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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.
- 1890 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1945 USGS Centralia quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Hallsville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Rocky Fork township. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
History Op Boone Cottntt Miscellaneous
About twenty years since Mr. Wm. Watts was accidently shot and killed. The incident happened in the eastern part of this township. He and another man named Watkins were herding cattle, and while the two were carelessly handling a gun it was accidentally discharged and Watts was killed.
In the county-history sources
20,830 words on this townshipHistory of Boone County, Missouri, published 1882; The Bench and Bar of Boone County, Missouri; Including the History of Judges, Lawyers, and Courts, and an Account of Noted Cases, Slavery Litigation, Lawyers in War Times, Public Addresses, Political Notes, Etc, published 1916 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Rocky Fork Township covers position and description, early history, first settlers, etc, miscellaneous, incidento of the civil war, the fight at mt zion and near hallsville, capture and escape of john roberts.
Read the chapter on Rocky Fork Township - 20,830 words.
Fires near this place
3 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Murry between 2011 and 2018, burning about 2 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 | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 February 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177390-01420-02092018-0809 |
| 6 February 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177389-01420-02062018-1208 |
| 5 January 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Murry in 5 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Murry | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several power lines on Highway Z about 2 miles south of Murry. In Columbia, Numerous trees, tree limbs and power lines were blown down. On tree fell onto a house near the intersection of Ash Street and Greenwood causing moderate roof damage. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Murry | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees along Route Z, just south southeast of Murry. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Murry | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees in town. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Murry | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several large trees about 3 miles southeast of Hallsville. |
| October 2009 | Flash Flood | Murry | - | Very heavy rain fell over central Missouri in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. In Boone county between 4 and 5 inches of rain fell. Numerous roads were flooded, including Highways E, DD and Y. Also, several water rescues had to be performed. There were no injuries or deaths due to the flooding. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lebanon (historical) | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| Points (historical) | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| Browns | 4.5 miles | 19 | |
| Boonesborough (historical) | 4.8 miles | 22 | |
| Stephens | 4.8 miles | 19 | |
| Shaw | 5.0 miles | 22 | |
| Hallsville | 5.6 miles | 18 | |
| Switzler | 5.7 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 751245. 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.