BlockPorter, Missouri
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Sandywoods Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63801. The Survey maps it on the Bertrand quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1939 USGS Charleston quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Charleston quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Dyersburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1969 USGS Bertrand quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sikeston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Porter in 2019, burning about 571 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 570 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179436-10083-09082019-1105 |
| 26 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179343-06732-06262019-1415 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Porter: 5 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Porter in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 tornado. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Tornado (EF2) | Porter | 2 hurt, $400,000 | A brief EF-2 tornado struck a homestead near the community of Bertrand in Scott County, MO. The tornado started on County Highway 532 just west of the intersection of Highway O. The tornado shifted and damaged several grain bins and destroyed two barns. A person in a truck nearby had their vehicle partially lifted briefly by the tornado. After crossing Highway O, the tornado severely damaged a house and adjacent auxiliary home, removing the roofs and collapsing some exterior walls of both buildings. Two people suffered minor injuries in the primary residence when they were cut by flying debris. After damaging some trees behind the buildings, the tornado dissipated as it moved into an agricultural field east of the residences. Peak winds were estimated near 115 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diehlstadt | 2.9 miles | 11 | |
| Blodgett | 3.1 miles | 20 | |
| Sargent | 5.7 miles | 14 | |
| Lusk | 6.2 miles | 21 | |
| Price Landing | 6.6 miles | 21 | |
| Miner | 6.9 miles | 14 | |
| Haywood City | 6.9 miles | 20 | |
| McMullin | 7.8 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 739878. 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.