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Bannister Ford, Missouri

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Russell Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65324. It lies near Bannister Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Barnumton quadrangle.

Bannister Ford within Camden County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 20 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

152 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 152 fires within 5 miles of Bannister Ford between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,187 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 69 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
Arson/incendiarism69
Debris and open burning56
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking1
Natural1

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 2000Debris and open burning100 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
23 September 1999Debris and open burning13 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
19 September 2000Debris and open burning9.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 September 1999Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
20 August 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation220642-01506-08202020-1703
22 July 1999Arson/incendiarism640 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
16 July 1999Debris and open burning183 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
30 June 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177177-01506-06302018-1643

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Camden County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Bannister Ford: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Barium-Barite, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Floyd LandBarium-BaritePast Producer
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Daniels and Browns DiggingsLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - Lead-ZincLead, ZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Camden 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
Bannister0.5 miles20
Macks Creek5.3 miles16
Barnumton5.4 miles20
Climax Springs5.5 miles18
Dodds7.8 miles21
Roach8.5 miles17
Green Gables (historical)8.6 miles17
Pleasant Grove8.8 miles17

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.

Wikidata item Q122571309The 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 740657. 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.