Ford, Iowa

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Richland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50118. It stands on Middle River. The Survey maps it on the Hartford quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Ford within Warren County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 9 printed sheets

Matched 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.

1910 USGS Milo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1954 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:24000
1969 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Indianola quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

5 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Ford (historical) between 2014 and 2018, burning about 19 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	5

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
17 April 2014	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
13 April 2018	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
11 April 2014	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
11 April 2014	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
28 March 2015	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Warren County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Ford (historical): 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Carlisle Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Fritz Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Kibbey Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Owens Farm Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Robinson Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Stevens Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Warren County

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Hartford	2.0 miles	9
Palmyra	4.3 miles	9
Greenbush (historical)	5.3 miles	9
Carlisle	5.5 miles	11
Beech	7.8 miles	9
Sandyville	7.9 miles	9
Summerset Junction (historical)	8.7 miles	11
Scotch Ridge	9.1 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464255. 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.