BlockPetersburg, Missouri
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Big Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64733. It stands on East Fork Honey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Chilhowee quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1885 USGS Warrensburg quadrangle1:125000
- 1887 USGS Warrensburg quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Warrensburg quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Chilhowee quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Sedalia quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
9 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Petersburg between 1994 and 2018, burning about 362 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 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 August 1994 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 31 March 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 276 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 13 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 20 February 2016 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 133256-02222-02202016-1031 |
| 20 February 2016 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 133257-02222-02202016-1031 |
| 16 February 2018 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176357-05130-02162018-1421 |
| 10 February 2016 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 133051-02222-02102016-1807 |
| 23 October 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Petersburg: 2 past producers. None of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Williams Rock Mng. Co. # 1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Petersburg in 2 storm reports between 2014 and 2015: 1 hail, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 death. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Petersburg | 1 killed | Along SE 1100 Road, 0.1 West of SE 141 Road a vehicle was eastbound and became immersed in swift flowing water on the roadway. Vehicle was swept from the north side of the roadway , overturned and traveled northbound in swift water before striking a large pile of debris. Vehicle became lodged under the debris. |
| March 2014 | Hail | Petersburg | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norris | 2.6 miles | 18 | |
| Huntingdale | 3.3 miles | 18 | |
| Maurine | 4.0 miles | 18 | |
| Shawnee Mound | 4.5 miles | 19 | |
| Harvey | 5.2 miles | 18 | |
| Garland | 5.2 miles | 18 | |
| Quarles | 5.9 miles | 18 | |
| Blairstown | 6.6 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 741147. 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.