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Harrill Ford, Missouri

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 2004. It stands in May/Smith Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65556. It stands on Similin Creek. The Survey maps it on the Drynob quadrangle.

Harrill Ford within Laclede County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

72 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Harrill Ford between 1992 and 2017, burning about 1,733 acres in total. None started naturally. 31 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/incendiarism31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Debris and open burning17
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
7 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation143016-02059-09072016-1039
23 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 September 1999Arson/incendiarism30 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
28 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 May 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresMissouri Department of Conservation127450-02059-05062015-1931
5 May 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation139937-02059-05052016-1522
5 May 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined200 acresMissouri Department of ConservationMM HIGHWAY
1 May 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation127170-02059-05012015-1333

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Laclede County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Harrill Ford: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Laclede 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
Abo2.0 miles17
Hazelgreen3.4 miles14
Drynob5.9 miles17
Delmar5.9 miles13
Garnsey6.7 miles14
Sleeper7.2 miles13
Carrol Junction7.3 miles14
Brownfield7.6 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 Q122565996The 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 750237. 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.