BlockSusanna, Missouri
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65713. It stands on Kindrick Branch. The Survey maps it on the Rader quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1956 USGS Rader quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Rader quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Mountain Grove quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
53 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Susanna between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,449 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 were 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 | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 105 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 10 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177920-11204-08042018-2034 |
| 3 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 132 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177637-11204-08032018-1125 |
| 3 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.7 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177921-11204-08032018-1924 |
| 26 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 May 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 220562-11204-05072020-1210 |
| 6 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 129726-11410-05062015-1415 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Susanna in 7 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2021 | Tornado (EF1) | Susanna | $250,000 | A National Weather Service storm survey concluded that an EF-1 tornado with maximum winds of 90 mph touched down southeast of Niangua and travelled northeast for just over 6 miles into Wright County before lifting a few miles west-southwest of Grovespring. This tornado damaged or destroyed numerous outbuildings, snapped or uprooted numerous trees, caused minor damage to a few homes as well as flipping an RV camper as it moved across western Webster County before entering Wright County east of State Highway AC and South of State highway M. |
| February 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Susanna | $5,000 | A large tree was reported down on a home causing minor damage. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Susanna | $3,000 | Several trees were downed due to a thunderstorm seven miles east of Niangua. |
| February 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Susanna | - | Multiple large limbs were reported down. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Susanna | - | A large tree was snapped off near the top. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Susanna | - | A large tree was down on Highway FF three miles east of Niangua. There were several other trees down in the town on Niangua. |
| September 2010 | Flash Flood | Susanna | - | Several low water crossings were reported flooded across the county including Osage and Susanna Roads, where water over a foot in depth was reported. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnston Ford | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Bracken | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Hiatt (historical) | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Vance | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Niangua | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Rader | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| High Prairie | 6.1 miles | 13 | |
| Niangua Junction | 6.2 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 734967. 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.
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.