BlockTom Hollow Ford, Missouri
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Eldridge Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65463. It lies near Tom Hollow. 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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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 Eldridge West quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Lebanon quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
232 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 232 fires within 5 miles of Tom Hollow Ford (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 19,369 acres in total. None started naturally. 139 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 | 139 |
| Debris and open burning | 54 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 33 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 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 |
| 23 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 30 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 28 August 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 27 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Tom Hollow Ford (historical): 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gregory Bank | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S+G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Zinc | Zinc | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smith Ford (historical) | 1.0 miles | 16 | |
| Sweet Hollow Ford (historical) | 1.0 miles | 16 | |
| Ira | 1.8 miles | 16 | |
| Gilbertson Ford (historical) | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Case | 4.7 miles | 16 | |
| Eldridge | 5.5 miles | 14 | |
| Grace | 5.7 miles | 14 | |
| Prosperine | 5.8 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 741326. 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.