BlockNance, Missouri
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Big Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65761. It lies near Mail Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Protem quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 11 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.
- 1943 USGS Protem 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
- 1968 USGS Protem quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Ava quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 2004 USGS Protem quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
132 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 132 fires within 5 miles of Nance between 1992 and 2020, burning about 16,860 acres in total. None started naturally. 70 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 | 70 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | TIDWELL 2 |
| 18 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 261360-10606-09182020-1545 |
| 25 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.9 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 230666-10606-08252020-1535 |
| 23 August 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | LONGRUN |
| 22 August 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 July 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 13 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177325-07721-07092018-1615 |
| 4 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,625 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | LIBERTY |
| 24 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Rueter | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Protem | 6.5 miles | 11 | |
| Hercules | 7.7 miles | 11 | |
| Eastview (historical) | 8.3 miles | 11 | |
| Hilda | 10.3 miles | 13 | |
| Cedarcreek | 10.7 miles | 11 | |
| McClurg | 12.1 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 751254. 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.