BlockWall Street, Missouri
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Wilson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65590. The Survey maps it on the Long Lane quadrangle. It stands 1,194 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1939 USGS Long Lane quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS Long Lane quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Lebanon quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Long Lane quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
22 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Wall Street between 1992 and 2017, burning about 686 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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 | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 11 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 30 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 42 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | 65 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 14 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 260 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Wall Street: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gabrielle Diggings | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Lead | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gaunt Ford (historical) | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Long Lane | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Cedar Ridge | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Hico (historical) | 4.0 miles | 17 | |
| Cloverdale | 4.1 miles | 17 | |
| Earnestville | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Dallion Ford (historical) | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Hackler Ford (historical) | 5.6 miles | 14 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Wall Street | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27984323 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 728274. 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.