BlockWinslow, Missouri
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Polk Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64463. It stands on Sandy Hook Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ford City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1925 USGS Darlington quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Darlington quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Ford City quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Maryville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Winslow between 2005 and 2018, burning about 706 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 700 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | KING CITY |
| 24 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.6 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177468-03220-04242018-1949 |
| 3 February 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176026-03220-02032018-1528 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wood | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| Orchid | 5.4 miles | 17 | |
| Fairport | 6.4 miles | 15 | |
| Union Star | 7.3 miles | 17 | |
| Oak | 8.8 miles | 17 | |
| Amity | 9.7 miles | 15 | |
| Maysville | 9.9 miles | 15 | |
| Boxford (historical) | 13.0 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 Winslow | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q133808994 | 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 741367. 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.