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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.

Phillips Ford within Hickory County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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

2,439 words on this township

Wilson'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 1992

Regional 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/incendiarism18
Debris and open burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural1

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
6 April 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 April 1992Arson/incendiarism225 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 April 1992Debris and open burning150 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 April 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined60 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 April 1995Debris and open burning25 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 April 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 April 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 March 1992Debris and open burning113 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hickory 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 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Seed Tick DiggingsLeadPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Barytes DiggingsLead, ZincPast Producer
Baugh-Eads MinesBarium-BaritePast Producer
Carter DiggingsLead, ZincPast Producer
Stearns DiggingsZinc, LeadPast Producer
Unknown - BariteBarium-BaritePast Producer
Unknown - Lead-ZincZinc, LeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Hickory 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
Round Bottom Ford (historical)2.3 miles20
White Cloud3.8 miles20
Cross Timbers5.7 miles17
Hermitage8.3 miles20
Quincy8.7 miles20
Wheatland9.0 miles20
Jordan10.0 miles17
Preston10.3 miles17

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.