Judge, Missouri
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Crawford Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65051. It stands on North Fork Pointers Creek. The Survey maps it on the Linn quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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 Linn quadrangle1:48000
- 1942 USGS Linn quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Linn 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
- 1981 USGS Linn quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sullivan quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
16 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Judge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 78 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 | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 July 2014 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 May 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 April 2019 | Smoking | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178656-07607-04082019-1635 |
| 22 April 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 19 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178666-07607-04192018-1323 |
| 16 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 200554-03734-04162020-1450 |
| 19 March 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178463-07607-03192019-1615 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 41 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 41 workings within 5 miles of Judge: 38 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marvin Frederick Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Heck - Leesee Mine - Lot 2 | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Jackets Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Fe | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Koeng Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Osage County Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Smith Quarry & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Judge in 5 storm reports between 2011 and 2013: 3 hail, 1 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Judge | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree onto Highway RA. Also, numerous tree limbs were blown down in the same area. |
| February 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Judge | - | A tornado hit a farmstead around 10:15PM one-half mile south of the intersection of County Roads 804 and 811 on a ridge. A large barn was totally destroyed while a brick ranch home had several broken windows on the west side. Roofing materials were also removed. A few trees and pines were snapped about half way up and tossed over 40 to 50 yards to the east. The width of the damage track was approximately 50 yards while damage intensity was rated EF1. The damage length was approximately a quarter of a mile. |
| April 2013 | Hail | Judge | - | no account filed |
| August 2012 | Hail | Judge | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Judge | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Ford (historical) | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| Potts | 3.7 miles | 17 | |
| Koenig | 4.5 miles | 17 | |
| Rich Fountain | 5.5 miles | 17 | |
| Freedom | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| Linn | 5.8 miles | 17 | |
| Feuersville (historical) | 5.9 miles | 16 | |
| Ryors | 6.1 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 720447. 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.









