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Dean Ford, Missouri

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Dillon Township. It stands on Little Dry Fork. The Survey maps it on the Dillon quadrangle.

Dean Ford within Phelps County

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 23 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

78 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Dean Ford between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,068 acres in total. 1 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 burning35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined31
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
29 September 1997Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
16 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179467-08102-09162019-1600
24 August 2006Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
16 August 1992Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
16 August 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 August 2005Natural5.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
10 August 2005Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
28 May 1992Debris and open burning10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Phelps County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Dean Ford: 19 past producers, 5 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Fire Clay (Refractory), Copper, Copper, 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
Kelly Mine No. 3Copper, IronOccurrenceLimonite
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Decamp MineIron, CopperPast ProducerLimonite, Marcasite
Reed MineIron, CopperPast ProducerSurface/Underground
UnkFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
UnkFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Unknown - Clay PitsFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
C O Parry ProspectIronProspect
Cooper MineIronPast Producer
Decamp MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Phelps 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
De Camp (historical)2.8 miles22
Dillon4.6 miles23
Saint James5.4 miles22
Boys Town of Missouri6.1 miles22
Meramec Springs (historical)6.1 miles22
Schundler6.3 miles18
Austria (historical)6.7 miles20
Northwye7.1 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740800. 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.