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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1937 USGS Vienna quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1938 USGS Vienna quadrangle1:48000
- 1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Vienna quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Vichy quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sullivan quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
73 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 30 |
| Debris and open burning | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 13 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 August 1997 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 16 August 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 2 June 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 18 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 129836-06313-05182015-1425 |
| 16 May 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 April 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 141136-06313-04082016-1630 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 24 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Future Mine | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| O. H. Jones Pit | Iron, Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Sand & Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| John Adkins Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Limestone | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Limestone | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Vichy Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gaines Ford (historical) | 3.7 miles | 17 | |
| Vichy | 4.4 miles | 17 | |
| Johnson Ford (historical) | 5.4 miles | 17 | |
| Stickney | 5.9 miles | 17 | |
| Lois | 6.4 miles | 18 | |
| James Brothers | 6.5 miles | 17 | |
| Broadway (historical) | 6.5 miles | 17 | |
| Lindell | 7.1 miles | 18 |
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.









