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Hereford, Missouri

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 2000. It stands in Cleveland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65231. The Survey maps it on the Millersburg NE quadrangle.

Hereford within Callaway County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 21 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

16 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Hereford between 1992 and 2019, burning about 56 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 burning6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
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
30 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
9 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.7 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177550-01420-05092018-1414
30 April 2018Debris and open burning1.1 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177547-01420-04302018-1823
28 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177546-01420-04282018-1402
2 April 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
14 April 1992Smoking1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 April 2007Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
29 March 2005Debris and open burning25 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Callaway 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 Hereford: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), 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 - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - ClayFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Unknown - ClayFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Unknown - ClayFire Clay (Refractory)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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Stephens2.2 miles22
Lindbergh3.1 miles22
Hatton4.2 miles17
Eastville4.2 miles21
Youngers4.4 miles17
Earl4.5 miles21
Millersburg6.6 miles21
Concord7.3 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 750299. 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.