BlockSturges, Missouri
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Rich Hill Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64601. The Survey maps it on the Farmersville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1921 USGS Chillicothe quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1923 USGS Chillicothe quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Chillicothe quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Farmersville quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
1,753 words on this townshipPast and Present of Livingston County, Missouri : a Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement, published 1913 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Rich Hill Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Rich Hill Township - 1,753 words.
Fires near this place
3 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Sturges in 2019, burning about 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178834-05996-04102019-2016 |
| 10 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178833-05996-04102019-1030 |
| 10 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178832-05996-04102019-0719 |
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 Sturges: 1 producer. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wells Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sturges in 1 storm report in 2021: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sturges | - | On a survey of a large tornado a manufactured home was seen outside of the tornado path slide off its blocks. This damage was consistent with the location and behavior of strong RFD winds south of the track of the tornado off to the northeast. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chula | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Leopolis (historical) | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| Farmersville | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Chillicothe | 6.3 miles | 12 | |
| Silverleaf | 6.4 miles | 12 | |
| Niantic | 6.5 miles | 14 | |
| Harmony (historical) | 6.6 miles | 14 | |
| Cream Ridge | 6.7 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 727207. 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.