BlockFiddlers Ford, Missouri
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65661. It stands on Limestone Creek. The Survey maps it on the Greenfield quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1886 USGS Greenfield quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1888 USGS Greenfield quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1956 USGS Greenfield quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
21 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Fiddlers Ford between 1994 and 2020, burning about 107 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 230765-921-09092020-1927 |
| 9 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 230764-921-09092020-1730 |
| 27 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178160-921-08272018-1420 |
| 4 July 2018 | Fireworks | 1.7 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178157-921-07042018-2215 |
| 10 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 12 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 230763-921-06122020-1830 |
| 1 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.2 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177107-921-06012018-1643 |
| 5 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 220601-921-05052020-2215 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Fiddlers Ford: 2 producers, 2 past producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Allen Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Logan Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilgrim | 2.2 miles | 15 | |
| South Greenfield | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Snadon Ford | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Greenfield | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Dilday Mill | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Pennsboro | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Turnback (historical) | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| Everton | 5.9 miles | 16 |
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 Q122538837 | 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 740850. 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.