BlockRum Branch, Missouri
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Welch Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63730. The Survey maps it on the Whitewater quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 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.
- 1934 USGS Advance quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1939 USGS Advance quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Whitewater quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Cape Girardeau quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Cape Girardeau quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
1 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Rum Branch in 1996, burning about 3 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 July 1996 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Cox | 1.4 miles | 18 | |
| Arbor | 2.7 miles | 18 | |
| Hickory Ridge | 2.7 miles | 18 | |
| Cliff | 3.5 miles | 18 | |
| Randles | 4.7 miles | 18 | |
| Whitewater | 6.3 miles | 18 | |
| Stroderville (historical) | 6.5 miles | 18 | |
| Allenville | 6.7 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 725661. 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.