BlockWashington Center, Missouri
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64467. The Survey maps it on the Washington Center 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.
- 1948 USGS Bethany quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Washington Center quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Maryville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Washington Center between 1995 and 2014, burning about 1,280 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 | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 April 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 300 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 2 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 1 March 2002 | Debris and open burning | 500 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 November 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 400 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 November 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Washington Center in 2 storm reports between 2015 and 2017: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martinsville | 6.1 miles | 12 | |
| Brooklyn | 6.5 miles | 12 | |
| Hatfield | 7.0 miles | 12 | |
| Pawnee | 8.6 miles | 12 | |
| Eagleville | 9.5 miles | 9 | |
| New Hampton | 11.5 miles | 12 | |
| Ridgeway | 12.1 miles | 9 | |
| Gardner | 12.5 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 730244. 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.