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Varsh Ford, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Twelvemile Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63645. It stands on Twelvemile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Coldwater quadrangle.

Varsh 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

37 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Varsh Ford between 1992 and 2020, burning about 620 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 burning19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism2
Natural1

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
5 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.6 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177375-06205-08052018-1642
4 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177374-06205-08042018-1850
8 July 2012Naturalunder an acreMark Twain National ForestMARSH CREEK
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

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Varsh Ford: 3 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese, Cobalt, Lead, Nickel, Copper, Cobalt, Copper, Lead, Nickel. 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
Missouri Lumber and Mining Co., No. 34IronOccurrenceSurface
Phillips MineManganesePast Producer
Unknown - Lead-Copper-Nickle-CobaltCobalt, Lead, Nickel, CopperPast Producer
Unknown - Lead-Copper-Nickle-CobaltCobalt, Copper, Lead, NickelPast Producer

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
Saco1.0 miles19
Shelton Ford2.0 miles19
Jewett2.5 miles20
Marsh Creek3.0 miles20
Wide Ford4.0 miles20
Beulah4.0 miles20
Twelvemile4.9 miles19
Faro5.1 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 Q122556578The 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 741335. 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.