BlockQuinn, Missouri
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63560. It stands on Badger Branch. The Survey maps it on the Pollock NW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1954 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Pollock NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Trenton quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Quinn between 1992 and 2019, burning about 86 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 | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 19 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.1 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179598-00000-04192019-2030 |
| 10 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 29 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 27 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 20 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 12 February 2014 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 22 January 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 22 January 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Quinn in 3 storm reports between 2015 and 2025: 1 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quinn | - | Downed tree limbs at a residence. Time and location estimated based on social media report and radar. |
| May 2019 | Flash Flood | Quinn | - | After several hours of heavy rain several roads were washed out in Putnam County. One such road was HWY HH where a bridge was damaged or washed out. Damage estimates are unknown. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Quinn | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terre Haute | 4.1 miles | 7 | |
| Midway | 4.7 miles | 7 | |
| West Liberty (historical) | 5.9 miles | 7 | |
| Lemons | 6.4 miles | 8 | |
| Lucerne | 7.6 miles | 7 | |
| Saint John | 9.2 miles | 10 | |
| Wyreka | 9.9 miles | 7 | |
| Unionville | 10.0 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 733778. 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.