BlockShelby, Missouri
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Grantsville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64674. The Survey maps it on the Shelby quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 11 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.
- 1946 USGS Brookfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Brookfield quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Chillicothe quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Shelby quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
2 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Shelby between 2004 and 2020, burning about 34 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 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 February 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.4 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 189989-05810-02082020-2345 |
| 28 December 2004 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shelby in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2020: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2020 | Flood | Shelby | - | State Route C was closed near West Yellow Creek due to flooding. |
| April 2017 | Flood | Shelby | - | State Route C was closed due to flooding along West Yellow Creek. |
| September 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shelby | - | A pole barn was damaged near Purdin. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shelby | - | A carport was blown down and large pieces of sheet metal blown around. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Shelby | - | Several locations on Route C east of Purdin had water over the road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Branch | 2.1 miles | 11 | |
| Garner | 2.2 miles | 11 | |
| Leverton | 2.8 miles | 11 | |
| Hybrid (historical) | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| North Salem | 4.6 miles | 8 | |
| Johnstown | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| Enterprise | 5.2 miles | 7 | |
| Grantsville | 5.3 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 726307. 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.