BlockHead Ford, Missouri
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Cedar Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63956. It stands on Cedar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Coldwater quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 19 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.
- 1930 USGS Coldwater quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1949 USGS Coldwater quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Coldwater quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Piedmont quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
30 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Head Ford (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 603 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 | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.8 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179444-06205-09182019-1555 |
| 9 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 April 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 3 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 13 April 1992 | Smoking | 80 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 March 2016 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 136102-06205-03072016-1540 |
| 5 March 1994 | Debris and open burning | 14 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 March 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | 135 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Head Ford (historical): 5 occurrences, 4 prospects, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect | ||
| Kelly Land | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Kinkad Land | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Kinkad Land | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Missouri Lumber and Mining Co., No 32 | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Missouri Lumber and Mining Co., No. 33 | Iron | Occurrence | Surface | |
| Missouri Lumber and Mining Co., No. 34 | Iron | Occurrence | Surface | |
| Unknown | Iron | Prospect |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740918. 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.