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Shelton Ford, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Liberty Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63636. It lies near Seabaugh Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Coldwater quadrangle.

Shelton Ford within Madison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 19 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

33 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Shelton Ford between 1992 and 2020, burning about 700 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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
Debris and open burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Arson/incendiarism4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2

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
27 September 1999Arson/incendiarism50 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
18 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.8 acresMissouri Department of Conservation179444-06205-09182019-1555
18 September 2019Debris and open burning1.4 acresMissouri Department of Conservation179443-06205-09182019-1414
26 May 1992Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 May 2018Debris and open burning3.1 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177115-06205-05012018-1610
9 April 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 April 2007Arson/incendiarism207 acresMark Twain National ForestTILK HOLLOW
3 April 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Shelton Ford: 3 prospects, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc, Manganese. 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
Phillips MineManganesePast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
UnknownZincProspect
Missouri Lumber and Mining Co., No. 34IronOccurrenceSurface
UnknownIronProspect

Every working recorded in Madison 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
Beulah2.0 miles20
Varsh Ford2.0 miles19
Jewett2.3 miles20
Saco2.3 miles19
Marsh Creek4.6 miles20
Wide Ford5.7 miles20
Twelvemile6.2 miles19
Faro7.0 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 Q122553364The 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 741262. 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.