BlockWaterloo, Missouri
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Madison Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63430. It stands on Ramsey Branch. The Survey maps it on the Kahoka quadrangle. It stands 554 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1903 USGS Kahoka quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Kahoka quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Kahoka quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Keokuk quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
17 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Waterloo between 1992 and 2018, burning about 113 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 140216-02309-09292016-1231 |
| 21 June 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 25 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177047-02309-05252018-2253 |
| 5 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 136591-02309-04052016-1527 |
| 30 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177050-02309-04302018-1931 |
| 30 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177051-02309-04302018-1532 |
| 27 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177054-02309-04272018-1800 |
| 22 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 3.3 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177056-02309-04222018-1417 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Waterloo: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baker Quarry - #2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Brooks Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clark City | 2.1 miles | 17 | |
| Revere | 3.2 miles | 17 | |
| Kahoka | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Peaksville | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Dumas | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Saint Francisville | 5.3 miles | 17 | |
| Medill | 5.8 miles | 16 | |
| Wayland | 5.9 miles | 17 |
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 Waterloo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7974188 | 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 755469. 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.