BlockRanger, Missouri
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Texas Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65542. The Survey maps it on the Rhyse quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 18 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.
- 1941 USGS Salem quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Salem quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 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
- 1981 USGS Rhyse quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Rhyse quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
39 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Ranger between 1992 and 2020, burning about 772 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 | 27 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 August 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 24 July 1999 | Debris and open burning | 150 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 23 May 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 10 May 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 April 1993 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 30 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 9.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 30 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Ranger: 2 past producers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Childress Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Wiggins Mine | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhyse | 2.5 miles | 18 | |
| Coulstone | 2.7 miles | 19 | |
| Joy | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| Smoky Hollow | 4.9 miles | 18 | |
| Jack | 6.0 miles | 17 | |
| Hedrick | 6.1 miles | 18 | |
| Lenox | 6.7 miles | 19 | |
| North Lenox | 7.5 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740147. 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.