McFry Ford, Missouri
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Goebel Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65606. It lies near Big Bottom Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Greer quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1931 USGS Bandyville quadrangle1:48000
- 1944 USGS Birch Tree quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Birch Tree quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Greer quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS West Plains quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Greer quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
99 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of McFry Ford between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,334 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 69 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/incendiarism | 69 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 12 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | JOLIF FIRE |
| 25 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | GOODWATER |
| 1 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 17 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | SATURDAY FIRE |
| 22 August 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 16 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | BUCK BAY |
| 21 August 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | BRASWELL |
| 8 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | SISCO |
| 25 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 65 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | SMOKEY HOLLOW |
| 2 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 270 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | BIG BOTTOM HOLLOW |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of McFry Ford: 4 past producers, 3 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Burgesser Mine | Iron | Prospect | 1907 | |
| Drew Whitten Mine | Iron | Prospect | 1945 | |
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turners Mill | 0.9 miles | 14 | |
| Braswell | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Hollis | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Wilderness | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Ross (historical) | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Greer | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Lulu | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| Woodside | 6.9 miles | 12 |
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 Q122555703 | The 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 750993. 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.








