BlockNile, Missouri
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65479. It lies near Cummins Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Hartshorn quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 20 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.
- 1932 USGS Cedar Grove quadrangle1:48000
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1951 USGS Cedargrove quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1951 USGS Hartshorn quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Spring Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
42 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Nile between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,145 acres in total. None started naturally. 25 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 | 25 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 1 July 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ozark National Scenic River | BIGCREEK |
| 25 June 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178955-10163-06252019-1620 |
| 1 May 1997 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 April 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 April 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 April 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashley Creek | 3.2 miles | 21 | |
| Hartshorn | 6.6 miles | 20 | |
| Raymondville | 9.0 miles | 18 | |
| Mahan | 9.1 miles | 18 | |
| Oscar | 9.5 miles | 18 | |
| Eunice | 10.0 miles | 17 | |
| Midvale | 10.8 miles | 17 | |
| Yukon | 11.4 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 735334. 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.