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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.

Judge within Osage County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

16 since 1992

Regional 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 burning8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Smoking1
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
30 July 2014Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 May 1995Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 May 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 April 2019Smokingunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178656-07607-04082019-1635
22 April 1993Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
19 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178666-07607-04192018-1323
16 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation200554-03734-04162020-1450
19 March 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178463-07607-03192019-1615

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Osage County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 41 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Marvin Frederick Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Heck - Leesee Mine - Lot 2IronPast Producer
Jackets MineIronPast Producer
Unknown - FeIronPast Producer
Koeng QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Osage County QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Smith Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Osage County

Storms near this place

5 since 2011

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2013Thunderstorm WindJudge-Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree onto Highway RA. Also, numerous tree limbs were blown down in the same area.
February 2011Tornado (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 2013HailJudge-no account filed
August 2012HailJudge-no account filed
March 2012HailJudge-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Osage 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
Lake Ford (historical)2.3 miles16
Potts3.7 miles17
Koenig4.5 miles17
Rich Fountain5.5 miles17
Freedom5.6 miles16
Linn5.8 miles17
Feuersville (historical)5.9 miles16
Ryors6.1 miles16

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.