Nash, Missouri
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Cape Girardeau Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63780. It stands on Ranney Creek. The Survey maps it on the Scott City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 21 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.
- 1934 USGS Morley quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1939 USGS Morley quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Morley quadrangle1:62500
- 1963 USGS Scott City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Cape Girardeau quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Cape Girardeau quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Scott City quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
12 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Nash between 1992 and 2020, burning about 38 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 | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 23 July 1996 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 20 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 20 June 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 230865-01617-06202020-1345 |
| 8 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 18 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176677-10082-04182018-1049 |
| 12 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.3 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176676-10082-04122018-0119 |
| 1 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 121513-10082-04012015-1324 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Nash: 15 past producers, 3 producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marquette Clay Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Arnold Geisler Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Arnold Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Jackson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Marquette Quarry and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Oglesby Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Southeast Mo Stone Co Quarry & Plnt | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nash in 1 storm report in 2009: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2009 | Flood | Nash | - | Water was over Highway 74 between Cape Girardeau and Dutchtown. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Cliffs | 2.2 miles | 20 | |
| Elmwood (historical) | 2.3 miles | 21 | |
| Blomeyer | 2.3 miles | 20 | |
| Dutchtown | 2.4 miles | 19 | |
| Gordonville | 6.0 miles | 19 | |
| Decatur | 6.5 miles | 21 | |
| Delta | 6.8 miles | 20 | |
| Cape Girardeau | 7.1 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 741090. 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.
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.












