Rodger Ford, Missouri
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Warren Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65020. It stands on Weaver Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hahatonka quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
On record in Rodger Ford
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Urbauer Fishing Lodge Historic Districtlisted 2006 · 0.3 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 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 Hahatonka quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Lebanon quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
248 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 248 fires within 5 miles of Rodger Ford (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,643 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 105 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 | 105 |
| Debris and open burning | 88 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 48 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 73 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 25 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 56 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 24 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 261561-01502-08242020-0835 |
| 21 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179781-01502-08212019-2030 |
| 23 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179780-01502-07232019-1848 |
| 22 July 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 13 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.6 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177905-01502-07132018-1653 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Rodger Ford (historical): 10 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Flagstone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Zinc | Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S+G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S+G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ss | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Beavers Rock Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Scott Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ss Dimension | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ss Dimension | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ss Dimension | Flagstone | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| White City | 1.8 miles | 17 | |
| Green Gables (historical) | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Pleasant Grove | 2.4 miles | 17 | |
| Roach | 2.4 miles | 17 | |
| Hahatonka | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Neongwah | 5.5 miles | 22 | |
| Camdenton | 5.7 miles | 22 | |
| Only | 6.9 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 741210. 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.







