BlockWeber, Missouri
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63448. The Survey maps it on the La Grange quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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
- 1950 USGS La Grange quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS La Grange quadrangle1:24000
- 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
20 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Weber between 1994 and 2020, burning about 226 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 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 230799-05620-09242020-1832 |
| 7 August 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 August 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 25 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 220648-05620-08252020-1429 |
| 20 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179332-05620-07202019-2125 |
| 30 June 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 16 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177178-05620-06302018-1500 |
| 13 June 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 March 1997 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
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 Weber: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lagrange Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ewing Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Ewing Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 755597. 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.