Cedar Ridge, Missouri
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Wilson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65590. It stands on Dry Fork. The Survey maps it on the Windyville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1939 USGS Long Lane quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS Long Lane quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Lebanon quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Windyville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
66 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Cedar Ridge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,017 acres in total. None started naturally. 35 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 | 35 |
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 August 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 24 July 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 220617-03016-07242020-0600 |
| 10 May 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | 65 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 April 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 46 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Cedar Ridge: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gabrielle Diggings | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Lead | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
16 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cedar Ridge in 16 storm reports between 2009 and 2026: 10 flash flood, 5 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Flash Flood | Cedar Ridge | - | State Highway P was closed at a low water area due to flooding. |
| April 2025 | Flash Flood | Cedar Ridge | - | Route P was flooded and impassable at a low water area. |
| April 2025 | Flash Flood | Cedar Ridge | - | Route P at Fourmile Creek was flooded and impassable. |
| April 2025 | Flood | Cedar Ridge | - | State Highway D was closed a a low water area due to high water. |
| June 2025 | Flash Flood | Cedar Ridge | - | State Highway P was closed due to flooding. |
| May 2022 | Flood | Cedar Ridge | - | Route P at a low water area was closed due to flooding. |
| May 2021 | Flash Flood | Cedar Ridge | - | Route P north bound was closed due to flooding of a low water area. |
| January 2020 | Flash Flood | Cedar Ridge | - | Excessive rain caused flooding on Highway P at Dry Fork Creek closing the road. |
| January 2020 | Flash Flood | Cedar Ridge | - | State Highway P was closed due to flooding. |
| February 2018 | Flood | Cedar Ridge | - | State Highway K was closed due to flooding along the Niangua River. |
| December 2018 | Flood | Cedar Ridge | - | Route P was closed at Four Mile Creek due to flooding. |
| May 2017 | Flood | Cedar Ridge | - | State Highway P was closed at the Niangua River. |
| July 2016 | Flash Flood | Cedar Ridge | - | Route P near Fourmile Creek was closed due to flooding. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Cedar Ridge | - | Route P at Fourmile Creek was closed due to flooding. |
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | Cedar Ridge | - | Highway P was flooded. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cedar Ridge | - | Trained spotters observed a 70 mph wind gust. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Lane | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Wall Street | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Windyville | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Hackler Ford (historical) | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Tilden | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Dallion Ford (historical) | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Gaunt Ford (historical) | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Cloverdale | 6.1 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 737876. 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.






