BlockStanley, Missouri
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Godair Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63873. The Survey maps it on the Stanley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1939 USGS Portageville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Portageville quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Dyersburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1971 USGS Stanley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Portageville quadrangle1:62500
- 1983 USGS Dyersburg quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Stanley in 2019, burning under an acre 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179229-07861-06202019-1940 |
| 15 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179228-07861-06152019-1020 |
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 Stanley: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stanley in 2 storm reports in 2011: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stanley | $20,000 | Straight line winds overturned two tractor trailers on Interstate 55 near mile marker 26 and mile marker 27, east of Wardell. |
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stanley | - | Straight line winds pushed several vehicles off the road near the intersection of Interstate 55 and Highway A to the east of Wardell. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brinkerhoff (historical) | 2.2 miles | 11 | |
| Brent | 2.6 miles | 11 | |
| Swift | 2.9 miles | 8 | |
| Concord | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Stancil | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Netherlands | 3.7 miles | 8 | |
| De Lisle | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Hayward | 4.5 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 727004. 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.