BlockNamrash, Missouri
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Bowling Green Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65246. It stands on Palmer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cambridge quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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 Glasgow quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Cambridge quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
40,192 words on this townshipHistory of Howard and Chariton Counties, Missouri : Written and Compiled from the Most Official Authentic and Private Sources, Including a History of Its Townships, Towns, and Villages, Together with a Condensed History of Missouri .., published 1883 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Bowling Green Township covers boundarj, physical features, old seltleis, first school taught in the township, tlie first mill erected, the first church.
Read the chapter on Bowling Green Township - 40,192 words.
Fires near this place
1 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Namrash (historical) in 1999, burning about 30 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 March 1999 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Namrash (historical): 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ss | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cazzell | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| Rockford | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Dalton | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Aholt | 6.4 miles | 15 | |
| Grand River City (historical) | 6.8 miles | 17 | |
| Missouri Village (historical) | 7.7 miles | 17 | |
| Oil City | 7.8 miles | 15 | |
| Grand Port | 7.9 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740316. 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.