BlockWorland, Missouri
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Walnut Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64752. It stands on Mine Creek. The Survey maps it on the Worland quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1887 USGS Mound City quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Mound City quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1938 USGS Worland quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1940 USGS Worland quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Butler quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Worland quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
97 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Worland between 1998 and 2020, burning about 3,842 acres in total. None started naturally. 27 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 | 29 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 621 |
| 25 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge | SEED SACK |
| 28 June 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge | BALER |
| 23 June 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge | DAVIS BRIDGE |
| 21 June 2017 | Debris and open burning | 52 acres | Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge | LONE 20 EAST |
| 19 June 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge | MINE CREEK CAMPFIRE |
| 16 June 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge | LOG JAM |
| 7 April 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31 acres | Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge | MO CROSS |
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 Worland: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Worland in 2 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Worland | - | Downed trees along Route U in Worland. |
| April 1998 | Hail | Worland | - | The Drexel Fire department reported quarter-size hail at Butler and Worland and dime-size hail at Adrian. |
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 729146. 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.
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.