BlockStokley, Missouri
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Blackwater Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65337. The Survey maps it on the La Monte quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 23 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.
- 1887 USGS Sedalia quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Sedalia quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1939 USGS Sweet Springs quadrangle1:62500
- 1940 USGS Sweet Springs quadrangle1:62500
- 1941 USGS Sweet Springs quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Sweet Springs quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS La Monte quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Sedalia quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Stokley between 1994 and 2019, burning about 120 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 | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.6 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179462-05130-09272019-1445 |
| 3 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 26 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176044-08052-03032018-1348 |
| 21 March 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 55 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 14 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 8.8 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176066-08052-03142018-1703 |
| 5 February 1994 | Smoking | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 26 January 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 165879-08052-01262018-1510 |
| 25 January 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176039-05130-01252018-2130 |
| 25 January 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 165880-08052-01252018-1905 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Monte | 5.1 miles | 23 | |
| Houstonia | 7.2 miles | 23 | |
| Hughesville | 9.2 miles | 23 | |
| Dresden | 9.4 miles | 23 | |
| Tedieville | 11.9 miles | 23 | |
| Georgetown | 13.5 miles | 18 | |
| Green Ridge | 15.5 miles | 19 | |
| Sedalia | 15.8 miles | 22 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 741297. 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.