BlockSimpson, Missouri
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Piney Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65606. It stands on Sanders Branch. The Survey maps it on the Many Springs quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1944 USGS Couch quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Couch quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Many Springs quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS West Plains quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Many Springs quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
52 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Simpson between 1992 and 2020, burning about 568 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 19 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 | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 August 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 21 August 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | BRASWELL |
| 1 August 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 26 July 1997 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 23 July 1997 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 23 July 1997 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 18 June 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177150-07521-06182018-1436 |
| 7 April 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | DEAD DOG NORTH I |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Simpson: 9 past producers, 5 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Iron, Zinc, Iron, Manganese. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Manganese & Iron | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| C.S.&R Zinc Mine | Iron, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Hess Zinc Mine | Iron, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Doan-Ives Iron Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Erman Mcgibney Property | Iron | Occurrence | Surface | |
| Fanny Norman Prospect | Iron | Prospect | 1911 | |
| Freeman Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Mt. Nebo Bank | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Nebo Mt. | Iron | Prospect | 1942 | |
| Ridington Bank | Iron | Prospect |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 735187. 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.