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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.

Allen Ford within Oregon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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.

Fires near this place

94 since 1992

Regional 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 burning50
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Equipment and vehicle use7
Arson/incendiarism5
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 2019Power generation/transmission/distribution1.2 acresMissouri Department of Conservation179049-07521-09062019-1301
28 September 1994Railroad operations and maintenance4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
14 August 2001Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 July 2012Equipment and vehicle use12 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 July 2012Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 July 2001Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177597-02259-07042018-1845
30 July 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oregon County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Joe Kolosky ProspectLead, SilverProspect
Bowers S&G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Bowers Sand & Gravel PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer1954
E C Mainprize Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer1943
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Amos Cozzins MineIronPast Producer1930
Arthur ArnoldIronOccurrenceSurface
Clyde Led Be Her ProspectIronProspect
Gus Hubble ProspectIronProspect
Pete Neiddleker PlaceIronOccurrenceSurface

Every working recorded in Oregon 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Thayer1.4 miles13
Clifton1.5 miles13
Green Town2.1 miles13
Shelby2.3 miles13
Old Town2.7 miles13
Sloan Ford3.5 miles13
Midway5.5 miles13
Corona5.7 miles13

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.