BlockLimekiln Ford, Missouri
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65632. It stands on Jones Branch. The Survey maps it on the Long Lane 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
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1939 USGS Long Lane quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS Long Lane quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Lebanon quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Long Lane quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
20 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Limekiln Ford (historical) between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,076 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Smoking | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 42 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | 95 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 17 April 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 259 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | TURKEY BAIT FIRE |
| 24 March 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 24 March 1997 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 23 March 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 505 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thorpe | 1.8 miles | 13 | |
| Charity | 2.7 miles | 17 | |
| Handley | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Shady Grove | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Spring Grove | 5.1 miles | 17 | |
| Hico (historical) | 5.1 miles | 17 | |
| Boyd | 5.7 miles | 17 | |
| Earnestville | 5.7 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 741013. 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.