BlockPiper, Missouri
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Walker Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64770. The Survey maps it on the Johnstown quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1887 USGS Butler quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Butler quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Johnstown quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Butler quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
9 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Piper between 1999 and 2020, burning about 90 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 139871-04226-04072016-1700 |
| 2 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179202-04226-04022019-1155 |
| 31 March 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 15 March 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 122497-04200-03152015-1150 |
| 2 February 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178018-04226-02022018-1600 |
| 21 November 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 75 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 12 October 2020 | Debris and open burning | 3.6 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 251330-04226-10122020-1730 |
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 Piper: 1 past producer, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Urich Quarry #5 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Piper in 4 storm reports between 2015 and 2025: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Hail | New Piper | - | Social media report of golf ball sized hail east of Ballard. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Piper | - | Emergency manager relayed pictures of large hail NW of Montrose. |
| April 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Piper | - | A brief EF0 tornado occurred north of Montrose from the same mesovortex that produced the tornado just southeast of Butler. The first signs of damage occurred just west of Route K, where a farm building had metal roofing damage, and small trees were downed. A larger tree was split just east of Route K, with other minor limbs downed in the area. The tornado moved through generally inaccessible property before reaching Route RA between County Roads 250 and 320, where multiple trees suffered damage. No damage was noted farther west or east of this path. Given that the tree damage was in a variety of directions, the damage confirms the presence of a brief tornado. The office also received spotter video of a power flash in this general area, with a strong indication of rotation on radar. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Piper | - | Some minor tree damage was reported near Ballard as a result of strong winds approaching 60 mph. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 741156. 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.