Folsom, Missouri

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 2000. It stands in Cedar Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65063. It stands on Big Branch. The Survey maps it on the Jefferson City NW quadrangle.

Folsom within Callaway County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 24 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.

1886 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:125000
1894 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1939 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1942 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1947 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1955 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1958 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Jefferson City NW quadrangle1:24000
1969 USGS Jefferson City NW quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1982 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:100000
2000 USGS Jefferson City NW quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

8 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Folsom between 1999 and 2018, burning about 112 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
Debris and open burning	6
Smoking	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
18 April 1999	Smoking	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
4 March 2018	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Missouri Department of Conservation	176470-01419-03042018-1414
31 March 2015	Smoking	under an acre	Missouri Department of Conservation	121380-01416-03312015-1019
3 March 2018	Debris and open burning	104 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	176471-01419-03032018-1319
28 November 1999	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
18 November 2013	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
1 November 2015	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	129936-01416-11012015-1334
17 January 2017	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Callaway County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Folsom: 9 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Fire Clay (Refractory). Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Bloomfield Bank	Iron	Past Producer
Henderson Bank	Iron	Past Producer
Ralph Dunn Bank	Iron	Past Producer
Unknown - Clay	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Past Producer
Unknown - Clay	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Past Producer
Unknown - Clay	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Past Producer
Unknown - Ls	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown - Ls.	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown - Ls.	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Callaway 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Ellerslie (historical)	3.3 miles	22
New Bloomfield	3.5 miles	22
Guthrie	3.5 miles	21
Lake Mykee Town	4.8 miles	22
Boydsville	6.1 miles	21
Holts Summit	6.6 miles	22
Carrington	7.2 miles	21
Dixie	7.7 miles	22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 753753. 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.