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Klein Ford, Missouri

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Union Township. It stands on Crooked Creek. The Survey maps it on the Indian Springs quadrangle.

Klein Ford within Crawford County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 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

29 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Klein Ford between 1992 and 2017, burning about 1,176 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 burning21
Arson/incendiarism6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2

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
10 May 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 April 2002Debris and open burning15 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 April 1992Debris and open burning10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 April 1997Debris and open burning35 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 April 1992Debris and open burning10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
15 April 1992Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 April 1998Arson/incendiarism740 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 March 1992Debris and open burning6.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crawford County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 39 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 39 workings within 5 miles of Klein Ford: 35 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Clay, Copper, Barium-Barite. 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
Arthur MinesLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Yeary ProspectSulfur-PyritePast Producer
Arthur MinesLeadPast Producer1863
Jonas MineBarium-BaritePast Producer
Metcalf DiggingsLeadPast Producer
Unknown - BariteBarium-BaritePast Producer
Unknown - CopperCopperProspect
Unknown - CopperCopperPast Producer
Lc Taff BankClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Crawford 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
Cedar Ford1.4 miles21
Wesco2.5 miles19
Keysville3.6 miles21
Lead Branch Junction4.2 miles21
Goltra4.4 miles19
Cook Station5.5 miles19
Scott Ford6.0 miles21
Thousand Oaks6.8 miles21

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 Q122546618The 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 740991. 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.