BlockSigsbee, Missouri
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Tiger Fork Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63434. The Survey maps it on the Nelsonville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1903 USGS Palmyra quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Nelsonville quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Sigsbee between 1992 and 2020, burning about 198 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 22 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.6 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190499-06426-04222020-1200 |
| 4 March 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 23 March 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179003-06426-03232019-1415 |
| 23 March 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 13 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190282-06426-03132020-1910 |
| 2 February 1992 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 October 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sigsbee in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2016: 1 flash flood, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2009 | Flash Flood | Sigsbee | - | Up to three inches of rain fell in a short amount of time on saturated soils causing flash flooding. Numerous roads were flooded including Highway W northeast of Shelbyville. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Sigsbee | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burksville | 4.1 miles | 10 | |
| Elgin | 7.1 miles | 10 | |
| Emden | 7.7 miles | 11 | |
| Bethel | 8.5 miles | 9 | |
| Mamre | 8.6 miles | 9 | |
| Hebron | 8.6 miles | 9 | |
| Oakdale | 10.7 miles | 10 | |
| Shelbyville | 11.5 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 741265. 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.