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Davis Ford, Missouri

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Spring Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65401. It stands on Morresy Branch. The Survey maps it on the Vichy quadrangle.

Davis Ford within Maries County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

73 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Davis Ford between 1992 and 2020, burning about 410 acres in total. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Debris and open burning27
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony3
Arson/incendiarism2
Natural2

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
28 September 1999Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
13 September 1995Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 August 1997Smoking1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
16 August 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
2 June 2006Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
18 May 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation129836-06313-05182015-1425
16 May 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 April 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation141136-06313-04082016-1630

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Maries County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Davis Ford: 21 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, 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
Great Future MineZinc, LeadPast Producer
O. H. Jones PitIron, Fire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
UnkIronPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Unknown - Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
John Adkins QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LimestoneStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LimestoneStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Vichy QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Maries 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
Gaines Ford (historical)3.7 miles17
Vichy4.4 miles17
Johnson Ford (historical)5.4 miles17
Stickney5.9 miles17
Lois6.4 miles18
James Brothers6.5 miles17
Broadway (historical)6.5 miles17
Lindell7.1 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740795. 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.