Floyd, Missouri
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Walton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63664. It stands on Montgomery Creek. The Survey maps it on the Shirley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 22 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.
- 1906 USGS Potosi quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Potosi quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Shirley quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Farmington quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Farmington quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1999 USGS Shirley quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
74 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Floyd between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,684 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 26 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 128011-11043-09052015-1622 |
| 15 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.3 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | FLOYD |
| 14 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 27 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.4 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | POWER POLE |
| 9 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 18 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | LOST CREEK CHURCH |
| 10 July 2012 | Natural | 82 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | SCOTTS BRANCH |
| 7 May 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Floyd: 9 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Krueger Zinc Mine | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Buzzard Roost Diggings | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Casey and Clancy Diggings | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown-Lead | Lead | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camp Lakewood | 1.1 miles | 22 | |
| Levy | 2.8 miles | 22 | |
| Shirley | 3.1 miles | 22 | |
| Fourche a Renault (historical) | 5.6 miles | 19 | |
| Ebo | 5.6 miles | 19 | |
| Latty | 5.7 miles | 21 | |
| Bates Creek Camp | 7.5 miles | 21 | |
| Aptus | 8.0 miles | 19 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Floyd | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28092056 | 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 739948. 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.














