BlockSpencerburg, Missouri
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Spencer Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63339. The Survey maps it on the Spencerburg quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 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.
- 1890 USGS Louisiana quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1943 USGS Vandalia quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Vandalia quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1973 USGS Spencerburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Mexico quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Spencerburg in 2018, burning about 35 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 35 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176681-08215-04212018-1147 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Spencerburg: 2 producers. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Stone Company Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Curryville Quarry-Central Stone #7 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Spencerburg in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2025 | Tornado (EF0) | Spencerburg | $15,000 | A brief tornado tracked northeast near Highway E, 2 miles northeast of the community of Spencerburg where it caused significant damage to an outbuilding and a few trees. The tornado was rated EF-0 with a path length of 0.34 miles and a maximum path width of 25 yards. |
| August 2008 | Flash Flood | Spencerburg | - | Very heavy rain fell in a short amount of time on already saturated soils causing flash flooding. Highway E east of Spencerburg was closed due to water flowing over the road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Curryville | 5.7 miles | 17 | |
| Frankford | 5.9 miles | 17 | |
| McCune | 7.6 miles | 18 | |
| New Harmony | 8.8 miles | 17 | |
| Bowling Green | 11.6 miles | 18 | |
| Tarrants | 11.7 miles | 18 | |
| Farmer | 12.1 miles | 17 | |
| Estes | 12.8 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 729656. 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.
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.