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Blue Ridge, Missouri

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Adams Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64424. The Survey maps it on the Gilman City West quadrangle.

Blue Ridge within Harrison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

13 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Blue Ridge between 1997 and 2013, burning about 56 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 burning6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
24 August 1999Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
24 July 1997Smoking1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
19 June 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
18 June 1997Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 April 2013Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 April 2011Debris and open burning20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 March 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
23 March 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harrison County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Blue Ridge: 11 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Robinson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Skerman Twnshp QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Sugar Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Harrison County

Storms near this place

13 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Blue Ridge in 13 storm reports between 2008 and 2026: 8 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2026HailBlue Ridge-Two inch hail reported on Highway H west of Gilman City.
April 2026HailBlue Ridge-Golf ball sized hail reported east of Bethany along US Hwy 136.
April 2024HailBlue Ridge-Quarter sized hail was reported about 5 miles east of Bethany along US Highway 136.
June 2021Flash FloodBlue Ridge-Several roads and highways had running water in and around Bethany.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindBlue Ridge-Windows and siding damaged on a house. Nearby machine shed damaged with debris blown a quarter of a mile.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindBlue Ridge-A barn was destroyed and damage was reported to a grain elevator and silos.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindBlue Ridge-Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph.
June 2009Flash FloodBlue Ridge-Water was reported to be flowing over the road, in several spots, between Highway 136 and Highway 146.
April 2019HailBlue Ridge-no account filed
June 2009HailBlue Ridge-no account filed
June 2009HailBlue Ridge-no account filed
June 2009HailBlue Ridge-no account filed
April 2008HailBlue Ridge-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Harrison 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
Pleasant Ridge4.4 miles16
Gilman City4.8 miles13
Bolton5.8 miles13
Bethany7.2 miles12
Bridgeport7.3 miles16
Mitchellville7.3 miles16
Wildwood8.0 miles16
Gardner8.5 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 739979. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.