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Wide Ford, Missouri

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 2000. It stands in Central Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63645. It stands on Captain Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rock Pile Mountain quadrangle.

Wide Ford within Madison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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

34 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Wide Ford between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,314 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 5 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
Arson/incendiarism5
Recreation and ceremony3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

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
18 September 2019Debris and open burning1.4 acresMissouri Department of Conservation179443-06205-09182019-1414
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
9 April 2005Debris and open burning3.3 acresMark Twain National ForestMARBLE CREEK
8 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.1 acresMark Twain National ForestFISH TRAP
8 April 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreMark Twain National ForestCEDAR MTN
7 April 2007Arson/incendiarism207 acresMark Twain National ForestTILK HOLLOW

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Wide Ford: 12 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Cobalt, Copper, Lead, Nickel, Copper, Manganese, Limestone, Dimension. 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
Aubuchen ShaftsZinc, Cobalt, Copper, Lead, NickelPast Producer
Aubuchon MineLeadOccurrenceGalena
L M Hebener QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Phillips MineManganesePast Producer
Unknown - Granite C+BStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Lead-Copper-Nickle-CobaltCobalt, Lead, Nickel, CopperPast Producer
Unknown - Lead-Copper-Nickle-CobaltCobalt, Copper, Nickel, LeadPast Producer
Platina MineCopperPast Producer
Unknown - CopperCopperPast 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
Marsh Creek1.1 miles20
Faro1.4 miles20
French Mills2.5 miles20
Varsh Ford4.0 miles19
Jewett4.3 miles20
Saco4.6 miles19
Braddy Ford (historical)4.8 miles19
Shelton Ford5.7 miles19

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 Q122594297The 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 752878. 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.