BlockVance, Missouri
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65713. It stands on Little Bowen Creek. The Survey maps it on the Niangua quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1946 USGS Niangua quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Niangua quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Niangua quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Mountain Grove quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
27 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Vance between 1992 and 2020, burning about 414 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2018 | Fireworks | 77 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177491-11204-07042018-2252 |
| 11 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177492-11204-07112018-2147 |
| 7 May 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 220562-11204-05072020-1210 |
| 4 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 3 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178659-11204-04032019-1527 |
| 20 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177118-11204-04202018-1320 |
| 1 April 1995 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177083-11204-03092018-1836 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sampson | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Rader | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Niangua Junction | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Niangua | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Susanna | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Johnston Ford | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| Bracken | 6.8 miles | 13 | |
| Forkners Hill | 7.2 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 741334. 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.