BlockSimcoe, Missouri
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Elk Horn Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64861. The Survey maps it on the Bethpage quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1941 USGS Rocky Comfort quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Rocky Comfort quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Bethpage quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Neosho quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
27 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Simcoe between 1992 and 2020, burning about 303 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 August 1994 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 23 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 18 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 May 2017 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 April 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 176 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 3 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 17 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 27 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179184-07353-04272019-1740 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethlehem | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Longview | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Bethpage | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Rocky Comfort | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Powell | 6.9 miles | 14 | |
| McNatt | 7.8 miles | 13 | |
| McCullough Ford | 7.8 miles | 13 | |
| Plainview | 7.9 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 729964. 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.