Ralphwhite Ford, Missouri

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Miller Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65463. It sits by Osborn Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Eldridge West quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Ralphwhite Ford within Dallas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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.

1934 USGS Macks Creek quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1934 USGS Macks Creek quadrangle1:48000
1939 USGS Macks Creek quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
1982 USGS Eldridge West quadrangle1:24000
1982 USGS Lebanon quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

244 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 244 fires within 5 miles of Ralphwhite Ford (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 19,939 acres in total. None started naturally. 154 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	154
Debris and open burning	57
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	26
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Smoking	2
Recreation and ceremony	2

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 1999	Arson/incendiarism	10 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
3 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	14 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
3 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	3.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
26 September 1999	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
24 September 1999	Debris and open burning	15 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
23 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	10 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
31 August 2000	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
30 August 1999	Arson/incendiarism	15 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dallas County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Ralphwhite Ford (historical): 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Unknown	Lead	Past Producer
Unknown - S+G	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown - Zinc	Zinc	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Dallas 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
McPheters Ford (historical)	0.8 miles	16
Turner Ford (historical)	1.0 miles	16
Berry Ford (historical)	2.2 miles	16
Corkery	2.6 miles	16
Herrick Ford	3.1 miles	16
Miller Ford (historical)	3.2 miles	16
Celt	3.5 miles	16
Leadmine	5.1 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 741185. 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.