BlockPrior, Missouri
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Wood Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65711. The Survey maps it on the Mountain Grove South quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1951 USGS Mountain Grove quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Mountain Grove South quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Mountain Grove South quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Mountain Grove quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
24 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Prior between 1992 and 2019, burning about 790 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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 | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 3 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 1 May 2015 | Debris and open burning | 59 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 126850-03400-05012015-1700 |
| 9 April 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 April 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 3 April 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 2 April 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 28 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | WILLOW |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Prior: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wood Land | Iron | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 733867. 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.