Allen Ford, Missouri
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Thayer Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65791. It lies near Barren Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Thayer quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1943 USGS Thayer quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Thayer quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Thayer SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS West Plains quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Thayer quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
94 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Allen Ford between 1992 and 2020, burning about 940 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 | 50 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.2 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179049-07521-09062019-1301 |
| 28 September 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 14 August 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 July 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177597-02259-07042018-1845 |
| 30 July 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Allen Ford: 6 past producers, 6 prospects, 2 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Kolosky Prospect | Lead, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Bowers S&G Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Bowers Sand & Gravel Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | 1954 | |
| E C Mainprize Quarry and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | 1943 | |
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Amos Cozzins Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1930 | |
| Arthur Arnold | Iron | Occurrence | Surface | |
| Clyde Led Be Her Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Gus Hubble Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Pete Neiddleker Place | Iron | Occurrence | Surface |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thayer | 1.4 miles | 13 | |
| Clifton | 1.5 miles | 13 | |
| Green Town | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Shelby | 2.3 miles | 13 | |
| Old Town | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Sloan Ford | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Midway | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| Corona | 5.7 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740622. 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.







