Phillips Ford, Missouri
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Cross Timbers Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65634. It stands on Brown Branch. The Survey maps it on the Fristoe 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
11 surveys from 20 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.
- 1887 USGS Warsaw quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Warsaw quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1945 USGS Fristoe quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Fristoe quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Fristoe quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Harry S Truman Reservoir quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
2,439 words on this townshipWilson's History of Hickory County, published 1909 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Cross Timbers Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Cross Timbers Township - 2,439 words.
Fires near this place
41 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Phillips Ford (historical) between 1992 and 2009, burning about 3,414 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 18 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 | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 April 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 April 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 225 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 150 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 April 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 2 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 2 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 1 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 March 1992 | Debris and open burning | 113 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Phillips Ford (historical): 8 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Zinc, Lead, Lead, Zinc, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seed Tick Diggings | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Barytes Diggings | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Baugh-Eads Mines | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Carter Diggings | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Stearns Diggings | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Barite | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead-Zinc | Zinc, Lead | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round Bottom Ford (historical) | 2.3 miles | 20 | |
| White Cloud | 3.8 miles | 20 | |
| Cross Timbers | 5.7 miles | 17 | |
| Hermitage | 8.3 miles | 20 | |
| Quincy | 8.7 miles | 20 | |
| Wheatland | 9.0 miles | 20 | |
| Jordan | 10.0 miles | 17 | |
| Preston | 10.3 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 741151. 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.










