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Milford, Missouri

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Combs Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64633. It stands on Parker Branch. The Survey maps it on the Bosworth quadrangle.

Milford within Carroll County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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.

In the county-history sources

3,699 words on this township

History of Carroll County, Missouri : Carefully Written and Compiled from the Most Authentic Official and Private Sources, Including a History of Its Townships, Cities, Towns and Villages, Together with a Condensed History of Missouri ; the Constitution of the United States, and State of Missouri ; a Military Record of Its Volunteers in Either Army of the Great Civil War ; General and Local Statistics ; Miscellany ; Reminiscences, Grave, Tragic and Humorous ; Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Citizens Identified with the Interests of the Country, published 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Combs Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Combs Township - 3,699 words.

Fires near this place

15 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Milford between 1992 and 2020, burning about 243 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Debris and open burning3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
9 May 1997Debris and open burning20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 May 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
20 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178902-01702-04202018-1300
15 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined32 acresMissouri Department of Conservation178571-01749-04152019-1442
7 March 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined11 acresMissouri Department of Conservation190331-01749-03072020-1340
4 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined108 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176545-01749-03042018-1836
4 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined14 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176544-01749-03042018-1536

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carroll County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Milford: 8 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
Austin England QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
George Dean QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Minnis + Trotten QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Carroll 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
Leta3.3 miles16
Standish3.6 miles17
Bosworth4.7 miles18
Wakenda6.4 miles18
White Rock6.7 miles16
Carrollton7.5 miles18
De Witt8.0 miles18
South Carrollton8.1 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 755664. 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.