BlockSilverleaf, Missouri
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64601. It lies near Happy Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Farmersville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1921 USGS Chillicothe quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1923 USGS Chillicothe 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 Farmersville quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
1,170 words on this townshipPast and Present of Livingston County, Missouri : a Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement, published 1913 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Jackson Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Jackson Township - 1,170 words.
Fires near this place
12 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Silverleaf between 1992 and 2019, burning about 389 acres in total. 1 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 | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 4.2 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178831-05996-04082019-1341 |
| 22 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176694-05996-04222018-1720 |
| 12 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176689-05996-04122018-1339 |
| 12 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 237 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176690-05996-04122018-1605 |
| 10 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178834-05996-04102019-2016 |
| 10 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178833-05996-04102019-1030 |
| 10 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178832-05996-04102019-0719 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Silverleaf: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springhill | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| Genova | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Farmersville | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| Sturges | 6.4 miles | 12 | |
| Chula | 7.6 miles | 14 | |
| Sampsel | 8.0 miles | 12 | |
| Chillicothe | 8.3 miles | 12 | |
| Niantic | 9.4 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740183. 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.