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Harlow Ford, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Date Township. It lies near Grassy Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Pine Crest quadrangle.

Harlow Ford within Texas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 19 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

62 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Harlow Ford between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,107 acres in total. None started naturally. 20 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 burning33
Arson/incendiarism20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1

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
14 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOzark National Scenic RiverBUCK
7 August 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 July 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 July 1993Fireworksunder an acreOzark National Scenic RiverBLUESPRING
2 May 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation200503-10163-05022020-1300
10 May 1993Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 April 1995Arson/incendiarism12 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 April 1992Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Texas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Harlow Ford: 10 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Anderson LandIronOccurrenceLimonite
Berry Wm. Land No. 1IronOccurrenceLimonite
Garrison TractIronOccurrenceLimonite
Jines BankIronOccurrenceLimonite
Jones LandIronOccurrenceLimonite
Neighbors John LandIronOccurrenceLimonite
Smith Pleasant LandIronOccurrenceLimonite

Every working recorded in Texas 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
Ratcliff Ford1.6 miles19
Cardinal Acres2.3 miles19
Arroll2.7 miles19
Pine Crest2.8 miles19
Hattie3.7 miles17
Guild5.1 miles17
Summersville7.8 miles17
Clear Springs8.1 miles17

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 Q122573144The 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 740906. 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.