BlockPlatow, Missouri
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Benton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63957. It stands on Greasy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Piedmont quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 18 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 Piedmont quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1935 USGS Piedmont quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 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
- 1968 USGS Piedmont quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Piedmont quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
55 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Platow between 1992 and 2020, burning about 367 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.7 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 220626-02220-08172020-1530 |
| 10 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177400-02220-08102018-1730 |
| 5 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 13 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178924-02220-06132019-1509 |
| 25 May 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178493-02220-04092019-2327 |
| 9 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 April 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 29 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Platow: 15 past producers, 8 occurrences, 4 prospects, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eyerman & Schmaltz Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Sheahon Bros Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Duncan Bros Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Gads Hill Quarry - Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Surface | |
| Mccallister Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122593865 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 739908. 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.