BlockCedar Ford, Missouri
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65449. It stands on Benton Creek. The Survey maps it on the Indian Springs quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 21 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.
- 1932 USGS Steelville quadrangle1:48000
- 1933 USGS Steelville quadrangle1:62500
- 1937 USGS Steelville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Steelville quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Indian Springs quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
23 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Cedar Ford between 1992 and 2020, burning about 951 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 | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 July 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 10 May 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 2 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 12 April 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 740 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 March 1992 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 March 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 March 1992 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 22 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Cedar Ford: 18 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Clay, Copper, Sulfur-Pyrite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Barite | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S+G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Powell Prospect | Sulfur-Pyrite | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Copper | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Unknown - Copper | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Yeary Prospect | Sulfur-Pyrite | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Bonito Mine | Iron | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Klein Ford | 1.4 miles | 21 | |
| Wesco | 3.5 miles | 19 | |
| Keysville | 5.0 miles | 21 | |
| Goltra | 5.0 miles | 19 | |
| Lead Branch Junction | 5.6 miles | 21 | |
| Scott Ford | 5.9 miles | 21 | |
| Cook Station | 6.1 miles | 19 | |
| Thousand Oaks | 6.6 miles | 21 |
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 Q122545281 | The 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 740730. 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.