BlockSedan, Missouri
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Brush Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65638. It lies near Abrahams Knob. The Survey maps it on the Gentryville 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
11 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.
- 1937 USGS Buckhart quadrangle1:48000
- 1943 USGS Buckhart quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Buckhart quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Gentryville quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Ava quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
82 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Sedan (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 947 acres in total. None started naturally. 24 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 | 39 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 August 1995 | Debris and open burning | 37 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 25 July 1999 | Debris and open burning | 153 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 May 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 22 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 26 May 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 23 May 2000 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 April 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 April 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buckhart | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Blanche | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Gentryville | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Richville | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Fielden | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Bertha | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Holtville | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Tedrick (historical) | 5.0 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 733892. 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.