BlockPaydown Ford, Missouri
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Jefferson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65013. It stands on Mill Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Paydown 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
10 surveys from 18 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.
- 1937 USGS Vienna quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1938 USGS Vienna quadrangle1:48000
- 1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Vienna quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Paydown quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Sullivan quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
17 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Paydown Ford (historical) between 1994 and 2014, burning about 218 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 April 1994 | Smoking | 27 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 30 April 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 19 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 18 April 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 March 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 March 1994 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 15 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 30 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Paydown Ford (historical): 29 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Sulfur-Pyrite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper Mine | Sulfur-Pyrite | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Limestone | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Limestone | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Limestone | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Bray Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Pointer Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Swarty Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Terrill Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Terrill Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paydown | 0.5 miles | 18 | |
| Bend | 3.2 miles | 18 | |
| Summerfield | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| Lindell | 4.4 miles | 18 | |
| Henderson Ford (historical) | 4.7 miles | 18 | |
| Lanes Prairie | 5.4 miles | 17 | |
| Belle | 6.1 miles | 16 | |
| James Brothers | 6.2 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 741142. 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.