BlockSwart, Missouri
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1884 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Harrison Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64728. It lies near Vergil Mound. The Survey maps it on the Deerfield quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 24 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.
- 1884 USGS Fort Scott quadrangle1:125000
- 1886 USGS Fort Scott quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Fort Scott quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1893 USGS Ft Scott quadrangle1:125000
- 1939 USGS Deerfield quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1942 USGS Deerfield quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Nevada quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Deerfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS Nevada quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
3,436 words on this townshipHistory of Vernon County, Missouri : Past and Present, Including an Account of the Cities, Towns and Villages of the County, published 1911 names this settlement in its chapter on Harrison Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
The Kansas City Southern railroad was built across the county in 1890, and it extends across the township north and south, giving the people a direct shipping route to Kansas City and points in the South. Swart is the name of the town found on the railroad in Harrison township.
Passage source: History of Vernon County, Missouri : Past and Present, Including an Account of the Cities, Towns and Villages of the County, published 1911.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Fires near this place
7 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Swart between 2000 and 2020, burning about 334 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 35 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 23 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Kansas Counties | EAGLE ROAD |
| 13 May 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 160 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 30815 |
| 8 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 030815A |
| 30 January 2015 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 13015 |
| 1 January 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 47 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 189985-10846-01012020-1823 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Swart: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Clay | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Morris Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Katy | 5.4 miles | 24 | |
| Eve | 6.1 miles | 24 | |
| Bunnville (historical) | 6.4 miles | 24 | |
| Moundville | 7.0 miles | 21 | |
| Bronaugh | 7.2 miles | 17 | |
| Deerfield | 7.3 miles | 24 | |
| Ellis | 8.8 miles | 21 | |
| Richards | 10.9 miles | 22 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 729975. 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.