BlockWitte Ford, Missouri
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Third Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65014. It stands on Brushy Branch. The Survey maps it on the Goerlisch Ridge 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
9 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 Bland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1937 USGS Bland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Goerlisch Ridge quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sullivan quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
13 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Witte Ford (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 275 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 burning | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 March 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 March 1992 | Debris and open burning | 95 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 200556-03734-03062020-1425 |
| 6 March 1994 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 March 1994 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 31 March 1994 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 25 March 1995 | Debris and open burning | 28 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 18 March 1994 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 72 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 72 workings within 5 miles of Witte Ford (historical): 72 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Aufderheide - Rousget Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Aufderheide Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Crites # 1 | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Diebold - Rousset Brother Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Suelthaus Ford | 1.0 miles | 16 | |
| Old Woollam | 1.8 miles | 16 | |
| New Woollam | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| Valentine Ford | 3.3 miles | 16 | |
| Drewel Ford (historical) | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| Mount Sterling | 4.6 miles | 16 | |
| Cave Hill | 5.3 miles | 16 | |
| Owensville | 6.0 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 741370. 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.