Gaunt Ford, Missouri

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Wilson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65590. It stands on Dousinbury Creek. The Survey maps it on the Long Lane quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Gaunt Ford within Dallas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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.

1939 USGS Long Lane quadrangle1:62500
1942 USGS Long Lane quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
1982 USGS Lebanon quadrangle1:100000
1982 USGS Long Lane quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

20 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Gaunt Ford (historical) between 1992 and 2017, burning about 824 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 burning	10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5
Arson/incendiarism	4
Equipment and vehicle use	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
11 September 1996	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
30 August 2000	Arson/incendiarism	42 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
5 May 2014	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
9 April 2001	Arson/incendiarism	10 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
9 April 1995	Debris and open burning	65 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
9 April 1995	Debris and open burning	20 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
17 April 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	259 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	TURKEY BAIT FIRE
14 April 1992	Debris and open burning	260 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dallas County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Gaunt Ford (historical): 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Morgans Mine and Mill	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Gabrielle Diggings	Lead	Past Producer
Unknown	Lead	Past Producer
Unknown	Lead	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Dallas 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
Wall Street	1.9 miles	14
Hico (historical)	2.3 miles	17
Cloverdale	3.2 miles	17
Long Lane	4.2 miles	14
Spring Grove	4.2 miles	17
Cedar Ridge	5.3 miles	14
Earnestville	5.7 miles	14
Handley	5.8 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740867. 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.