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Ladd, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Roubidoux Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65552. It lies near Long Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Slabtown Spring quadrangle.

Ladd within Texas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

58 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Ladd between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,965 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 25 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/incendiarism25
Debris and open burning14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural1

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
23 September 2000Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresMark Twain National ForestROBY LAKE
11 August 2005Debris and open burning17 acresMark Twain National ForestBUM
9 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.3 acresMark Twain National ForestPADDY ACCESS 2
12 July 2020Smoking1.9 acresMissouri Department of Conservation220559-10735-07122020-1805
21 May 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMark Twain National ForestCATAMOUNT
21 May 1997Arson/incendiarism15 acresMark Twain National ForestROCK CREEK ROAD
16 May 2012Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMark Twain National ForestBALD
14 May 2001Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMark Twain National ForestCAMP FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Texas County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Ladd: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Texas 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
Evening Shade1.7 miles19
Edanville3.4 miles19
Roby5.1 miles19
Slabtown5.2 miles19
Hazleton6.3 miles19
Windy Curve7.0 miles15
Dent7.7 miles20
Plato8.3 miles19

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.

Wikipedia article on LaddAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q28089616The 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 740140. 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.