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Clifford, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1884 and the latest in 1984. It stands in South Green Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65685. The Survey maps it on the Buffalo NW quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Clifford within Polk County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

11 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Clifford (historical) between 1994 and 2017, burning about 186 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 burning7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Arson/incendiarism2

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
2 September 1995Debris and open burning4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
20 April 2014Arson/incendiarism89 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 March 1997Debris and open burning60 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
11 March 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
29 December 1996Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
29 November 1999Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
21 November 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
18 November 1999Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Clifford (historical): 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Lead, Zinc. 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
Unknown - Lead + ZincLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - Lead + ZincLead, ZincPast Producer
Booth ShaftLeadPast Producer
James Evans ProspectLeadPast Producer
Plummer FarmLeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Polk 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
Rimby2.4 miles19
Goodson3.1 miles19
Ingalls (historical)3.9 miles19
Huckaby4.5 miles19
Polk4.8 miles19
Mohawk Corner5.4 miles24
Dewey (historical)5.4 miles19
Sentinel6.2 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740109. 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.