BlockPaterson Ford, Missouri
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Johnson Township. It stands on South Prong Little Black River. The Survey maps it on the Flatwoods quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1935 USGS Acorn quadrangle1:62500
- 1940 USGS Naylor quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Naylor quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Flatwoods quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
73 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Paterson Ford between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,271 acres in total. None started naturally. 15 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 45 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 20 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 1 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177967-09141-08012018-1455 |
| 24 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | 3.9 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179036-09141-07242019-1500 |
| 7 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 April 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenville Ford | 0.9 miles | 12 | |
| Budapest | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Dryden (historical) | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Kingbee (historical) | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Flatwoods | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Steeles | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Pleasant Grove | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| Beaverdam | 5.6 miles | 14 |
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 Q122588306 | 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 741139. 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.