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Braddy Ford, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 2000. It stands in St. Francois Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63645. It stands on Cedar Bottom Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rhodes Mountain quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Braddy Ford within Madison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 19 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

34 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Braddy Ford (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,102 acres in total. 1 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 burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Arson/incendiarism5
Natural1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.1 acresMark Twain National ForestFISH TRAP
8 April 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreMark Twain National ForestCEDAR MTN
20 April 2000Arson/incendiarism39 acresMark Twain National ForestARNETT MOUNTAIN
18 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined59 acresMark Twain National ForestLITTLE MATTHEWS
18 April 2004Debris and open burning239 acresMark Twain National ForestPATTERSON MOUNTAIN
17 April 2004Debris and open burning1.3 acresMark Twain National Forest1646
17 April 1996Debris and open burning55 acresMark Twain National ForestLEE'S BLUFF

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 42 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 42 workings within 5 miles of Braddy Ford (historical): 36 past producers, 5 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silver, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Cobalt, Copper, Lead, Nickel, Iron. 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
Aubuchen ShaftsZinc, Cobalt, Copper, Lead, NickelPast Producer
Aubuchon MineLeadOccurrenceGalena
Einstein MineLead, Silver, Tungsten, ZincPast Producer1855, 1877
Einstein Mine- Apex MineCopper, Lead, Silver, Tin, Tungsten, ZincPast Producer1855, 1877
Killian ShaftCobalt, Nickel, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Koch ShaftGold, Sulfur-Pyrite, Silica, TungstenPast Producer
L M Hebener QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Martin MineLead, Tungsten, ZincPast Producer
Ozark MineZinc, Tungsten, Silver, LeadPast Producer
Silver MineSilver, Zinc, Lead, TungstenPast Producer1855, 1875

Every working recorded in Madison 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
Tin Mountain3.1 miles19
French Mills3.6 miles20
Creek Nation3.8 miles19
Faro3.9 miles20
Wide Ford4.8 miles20
Marsh Creek5.8 miles20
Lance5.8 miles19
Oak Grove6.0 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 748989. 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.