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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.

Cedar Ridge within Dallas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

66 since 1992

Regional 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/incendiarism35
Debris and open burning25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
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
15 September 1999Arson/incendiarism10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 August 1992Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
24 July 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation220617-03016-07242020-0600
10 May 1992Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 1995Debris and open burning65 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 1995Debris and open burning20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 1995Arson/incendiarism46 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 1995Debris and open burning20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dallas County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gabrielle DiggingsLeadPast Producer
UnknownLeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dallas County

Storms near this place

16 since 2009

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2026Flash FloodCedar Ridge-State Highway P was closed at a low water area due to flooding.
April 2025Flash FloodCedar Ridge-Route P was flooded and impassable at a low water area.
April 2025Flash FloodCedar Ridge-Route P at Fourmile Creek was flooded and impassable.
April 2025FloodCedar Ridge-State Highway D was closed a a low water area due to high water.
June 2025Flash FloodCedar Ridge-State Highway P was closed due to flooding.
May 2022FloodCedar Ridge-Route P at a low water area was closed due to flooding.
May 2021Flash FloodCedar Ridge-Route P north bound was closed due to flooding of a low water area.
January 2020Flash FloodCedar Ridge-Excessive rain caused flooding on Highway P at Dry Fork Creek closing the road.
January 2020Flash FloodCedar Ridge-State Highway P was closed due to flooding.
February 2018FloodCedar Ridge-State Highway K was closed due to flooding along the Niangua River.
December 2018FloodCedar Ridge-Route P was closed at Four Mile Creek due to flooding.
May 2017FloodCedar Ridge-State Highway P was closed at the Niangua River.
July 2016Flash FloodCedar Ridge-Route P near Fourmile Creek was closed due to flooding.
July 2015Flash FloodCedar Ridge-Route P at Fourmile Creek was closed due to flooding.
June 2013Flash FloodCedar Ridge-Highway P was flooded.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindCedar Ridge-Trained spotters observed a 70 mph wind gust.

Every storm recorded in Dallas 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
Long Lane2.8 miles14
Wall Street3.5 miles14
Windyville3.9 miles14
Hackler Ford (historical)4.3 miles14
Tilden4.5 miles14
Dallion Ford (historical)4.7 miles14
Gaunt Ford (historical)5.3 miles14
Cloverdale6.1 miles17

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.