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Schmitt Ford, Missouri

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Meramec Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63056. It stands on Boehms Creek. The Survey maps it on the Spring Bluff quadrangle.

Schmitt Ford within Franklin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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.

Fires near this place

49 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Schmitt Ford between 1992 and 2020, burning about 83 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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
Debris and open burning36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Arson/incendiarism1

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 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
3 September 2001Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 July 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
18 April 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation190486-03620-04182020-1737
17 April 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 March 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation166033-03620-03092018-1353
8 March 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation190204-03620-03082020-1137

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 37 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 37 workings within 5 miles of Schmitt Ford: 36 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Iron, Lead, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown - Pb-ZnLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Jess Laubinger S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Cruz DiggingsLeadPast Producer
Jack MinesLeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Franklin 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
Peters Ford1.7 miles20
Noser Mill2.2 miles19
Greenstreet3.2 miles19
Laubinger Ford3.9 miles20
Beaufort4.0 miles19
Neier4.1 miles21
Leslie4.7 miles19
Rock Ford5.0 miles20

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122556292The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 741244. 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.