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Howards Ridge, Missouri

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Lick Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65655. It lies near Moore Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Udall quadrangle.

Howards Ridge within Ozark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

63 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Howards Ridge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,864 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 15 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 burning25
Arson/incendiarism15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking3
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
4 September 1999Arson/incendiarism10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 August 1999Debris and open burning40 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
23 August 1995Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
16 August 1999Debris and open burning10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
27 July 1993Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
11 May 1997Arson/incendiarism50 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 2001Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 2000Debris and open burning40 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ozark County

Storms near this place

10 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Howards Ridge in 10 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 6 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 hail. 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
December 2015Flash FloodHowards Ridge$500,000Route J north of Highway T was closed near Lick Creek. Nearly all low water crossings were flood across the county. Numerous rural and county roads sustained significant flood damage. There were several buildings that suffered flood damage. This storm report will contain the damage estimates for the entire county for this event.
April 2025Flash FloodHowards Ridge-Route J at Lick Creek was flooded and impassable.
June 2025Flash FloodHowards Ridge-State Highway T was closed due to flooding.
November 2024Flash FloodHowards Ridge-Route J was closed due to flooding.
April 2017HailHowards Ridge-A trained spotter reported quarter size hail and estimated wind gusts up to 65 mph.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindHowards Ridge-A tree was blown down across County Road 541.
September 2010Flash FloodHowards Ridge-Highway T was closed near Highway J due to flooding.
September 2010Flash FloodHowards Ridge-The low water bridge over Highway T, near Highway J, was closed due to flooding. As much as two feet of water was reported over the road.
September 2009FloodHowards Ridge-State Route T was closed west of Howard Ridge due to flooding.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindHowards Ridge-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ozark 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
Prestonia1.5 miles13
Fay1.9 miles13
Udall Landing2.5 miles13
Mammoth3.7 miles14
Udall4.0 miles13
Hardenville4.6 miles13
Tecumseh4.7 miles13
Dawt Mill6.3 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 719921. 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.

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.