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Krueger Ford, Missouri

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Boulware Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65041. It lies near Campmeeting Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Pershing quadrangle.

Krueger Ford within Gasconade 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

10 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Krueger Ford between 1992 and 2020, burning about 90 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 burning5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1

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
6 March 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation200556-03734-03062020-1425
6 March 1994Debris and open burning4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 March 1994Debris and open burning35 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 March 2001Smoking1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 March 1992Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
15 March 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 February 1992Debris and open burning40 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
19 February 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation200548-03734-02192020-1220

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gasconade County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 28 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Krueger Ford: 28 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
Panck QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - ClayFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Unknown - ClayFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Unknown - ClayFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Unknown - ClayFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Unknown - ClayFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Unknown - ClayFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Unknown - ClayFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Unknown - ClayFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Unknown - ClayFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer

Every working recorded in Gasconade 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
Bay2.7 miles21
Mount Sterling2.9 miles16
Cave Hill3.3 miles16
Brown Shanty3.7 miles21
Feigler Ferry4.1 miles21
Pershing5.0 miles21
Valentine Ford6.6 miles16
Witte Ford (historical)6.7 miles16

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 Q122547010The 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 720701. 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.