BlockSims Point, Missouri
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Ernest Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65682. The Survey maps it on the Lockwood quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1886 USGS Greenfield quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1888 USGS Greenfield quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1956 USGS Lockwood quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Sims Point between 1994 and 2018, burning about 395 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 | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 August 1997 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 13 April 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 375 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 February 2018 | Debris and open burning | 9.5 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176133-921-02092018-1149 |
| 13 February 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176134-921-02132018-1609 |
| 7 December 1996 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Sims Point: 1 past producer. 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grays Valley | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Sylvania | 4.2 miles | 17 | |
| Neola | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Lockwood | 6.2 miles | 15 | |
| Davenport | 6.3 miles | 16 | |
| Arcola | 6.6 miles | 13 | |
| Cedarville | 7.0 miles | 13 | |
| Greenfield | 7.3 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 755632. 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.