BlockUmber, Missouri
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Madison Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65635. It sits by Wasson Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Crisp quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 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.
- 1886 USGS Stockton quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1956 USGS Crisp quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Bolivar quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
29 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Umber between 1992 and 2019, burning about 548 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 July 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 31 July 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 19 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176599-02007-04192018-1525 |
| 15 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178645-02007-04152019-1550 |
| 12 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178528-02007-04122019-1410 |
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 Umber: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron. 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 - Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| J R Riley Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| P M Edge Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Preston Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 727951. 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.