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Midridge, Missouri

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Moore Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63629. It lies near Polk Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Midridge quadrangle.

Midridge within Shannon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 18 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

45 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Midridge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,028 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 17 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/incendiarism17
Debris and open burning13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1

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 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMark Twain National ForestLL PICNIC
5 May 2001Arson/incendiarism40 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
31 May 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMark Twain National ForestOAK KNOLL
23 May 1997Natural1.5 acresMark Twain National ForestP HIGHWAY
18 May 2005Debris and open burning2.6 acresMark Twain National ForestCONWAY
8 April 2009Arson/incendiarism113 acresMark Twain National ForestBOUNDS BRANCH
8 April 1992Debris and open burning17 acresMark Twain National Forestnot named
4 April 2004Debris and open burning18 acresMark Twain National ForestBILLY GOAT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shannon County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Midridge: 1 occurrence, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Iron, Copper, Silver, Zinc, Cadmium, Nickel, Cobalt. 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
Frank R. Milliken MillLead, Copper, Silver, Zinc, Cadmium, Nickel, CobaltProducer
Roger's Mill LandIronOccurrenceHematite, Limonite
SweetwaterLead, Zinc, Silver, Nickel, Copper, Cobalt, CadmiumPast Producer1962, 1968

Every working recorded in Shannon County

Storms near this place

3 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Midridge in 3 storm reports between 1995 and 2004: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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
October 2004Thunderstorm WindMidridge-A few trees were downed from severe thunderstorm wind gusts.
June 1995Tornado (F0)Midridge-A tornado took off the tops of trees.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindMidridge-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Shannon 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
Himont (historical)2.1 miles18
Rat2.6 miles18
Mauser Mill5.2 miles20
Brushy Mill (historical)5.3 miles20
Gang8.9 miles20
Junction Ferry10.3 miles22
Owls Bend10.6 miles20
Round Spring10.7 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 751052. 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.