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Pondfork, Missouri

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Thornfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65762. It lies near Caney Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Thornfield quadrangle.

Pondfork within Ozark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 13 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.

Fires near this place

96 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Pondfork between 1993 and 2020, burning about 4,867 acres in total. None started naturally. 60 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/incendiarism60
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Debris and open burning13
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Fireworks1

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
20 September 2004Fireworks35 acresMark Twain National ForestFIRST
23 August 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMark Twain National ForestLONGRUN
9 April 2007Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresMark Twain National ForestSET #2
9 April 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMark Twain National ForestTURKEY CAMP
6 April 2013Arson/incendiarism6.2 acresMark Twain National ForestSECTION 19
6 April 2002Arson/incendiarism83 acresMark Twain National ForestPET HOLLOW
5 April 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreMark Twain National ForestTRASH 2
5 April 2001Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresMark Twain National ForestWILLIE LEE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ozark County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Pondfork: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
Bradley LandIronProspect

Every working recorded in Ozark County

Storms near this place

4 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pondfork in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 3 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2025Thunderstorm WindPondfork$40,000A barn suffered significant damage.
May 2018Flash FloodPondfork$5,000A home was flooded between Longrun and Thornfield. The flood water was up to the deck of the house.
May 2018Flash FloodPondfork-Water was two feet over the road.
February 2008Flash FloodPondfork-Widespread flooding occurred over county roads and low water crossings.

Every storm recorded in Ozark 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
Thornfield2.7 miles13
Longrun3.6 miles13
Hammond3.9 miles13
Toledo5.3 miles14
Foil5.5 miles14
Summit City5.8 miles13
Nottinghill7.5 miles13
Dillia7.6 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 751704. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.