BlockProspect Grove, Missouri
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1958 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Johnson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63432. The Survey maps it on the Mount Sterling quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1958 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Mount Sterling quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Prospect Grove between 2014 and 2018, burning about 8 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 31 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 6.7 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177571-09917-03312018-1250 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Prospect Grove in 7 storm reports between 2002 and 2023: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2009 | Lightning | Prospect Grove | $100,000 | A lightning strike is being blamed for starting a fire at the Arbela 4-Corners tavern about 2.5 miles north northeast of Arbela, MO around 4 am May 15. Damage was reported to be extensive. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Prospect Grove | - | A trained spotter reported hail up to the size of a quarters. Most of the hail was much smaller. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prospect Grove | - | A hoop barn was destroyed by a measured wind gust of 67 mph. Time was estimated by radar. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prospect Grove | - | Wind gusts estimated to be 60 mph were observed 5 miles north of Granger, MO at 505 pm CDT June 4. |
| June 2002 | Flash Flood | Prospect Grove | - | A home was inundated with water. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Prospect Grove | - | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Hail | Prospect Grove | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 741173. 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.
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.