BlockRaftville, Missouri
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Lynch Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65542. It lies near South Jacktar Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Prescott quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 21 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.
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1951 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1951 USGS Raymondville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 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
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Spring Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 2004 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
64 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Raftville (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,728 acres in total. None started naturally. 38 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 38 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 12 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | BRABO BALES |
| 22 May 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | VADA |
| 21 May 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 13 May 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 April 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 89 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | CRANE |
| 8 April 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 April 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 131 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
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 Raftville (historical): 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Ls | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ellsworth | 1.2 miles | 15 | |
| Vada | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| Venable | 3.6 miles | 21 | |
| Prescott | 3.9 miles | 21 | |
| Ellis Prairie | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Hazleton | 5.0 miles | 19 | |
| Old Success | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Success | 5.3 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 735322. 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.