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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.

Rodger Ford within Camden County

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

248 since 1992

Regional 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/incendiarism105
Debris and open burning88
Missing data/not specified/undetermined48
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 September 1999Debris and open burning73 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
25 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use56 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
24 September 1999Debris and open burning4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
24 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation261561-01502-08242020-0835
21 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179781-01502-08212019-2030
23 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179780-01502-07232019-1848
22 July 1997Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
13 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.6 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177905-01502-07132018-1653

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Camden County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown - ZincZincPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - SsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Beavers Rock QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Scott QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Unknown - Ss DimensionFlagstonePast Producer
Unknown - Ss DimensionFlagstonePast Producer
Unknown - Ss DimensionFlagstonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Camden 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
White City1.8 miles17
Green Gables (historical)2.3 miles17
Pleasant Grove2.4 miles17
Roach2.4 miles17
Hahatonka3.5 miles17
Neongwah5.5 miles22
Camdenton5.7 miles22
Only6.9 miles16

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.