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Pea Ridge, Missouri

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Johnson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63080. It stands on Pea Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Meramec State Park quadrangle.

Pea Ridge within Washington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 27 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

125 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 125 fires within 5 miles of Pea Ridge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,860 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 14 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 burning76
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Arson/incendiarism14
Smoking6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony2
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
23 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation128571-03627-09232015-1312
10 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation142412-03627-08102016-1412
4 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
17 July 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
16 July 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 July 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 May 2014Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
31 May 2011Smoking1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Pea Ridge: 13 past producers, 3 producers, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, 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
Abbeyville MinesLead, Iron, Barium-BaritePast Producer
Pea RidgeIron, Phosphorus-PhosphatesProducer1954, 1964
Pea Ridge MineIron, REE, Cobalt, Phosphorus-PhosphatesProducer1953, 1964
Tipton PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Rutledge MinesLeadPast Producer
Sappington's DiggingsLeadPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown-LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Blanton Limonite BankIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

6 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pea Ridge in 6 storm reports between 2006 and 2026: 2 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. 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 2026HailPea Ridge-Numerous hailstones measuring 2 inches to 4 inches.
April 2021Flash FloodPea Ridge-Up to three inches of rain fell in a short amount of time onto already saturated soil. This caused flash flooding. Many small creeks were flooded across northern portions of the county. Also, several low water crossings and roads had several feet of water over them, especially in the Richwoods area.
June 2015FloodPea Ridge-The Missouri Highway Patrol reported a vehicle attempted to cross a flooded low water crossing. The vehicle was swept into the stream and overturned. The drive was killed.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge-Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree and a power line along Highway A in northern Washington County.
March 2008Flash FloodPea Ridge-Two to three inches of rain fell onto already saturated soils in Washington county from the evening hours of March 17th through March 18th. Numerous roads and low water crossings were flooded including streets in Potosi, Highway 47 at Kingston Road northwest of Cruise Mill, and New Diggins Road in Springtown.
September 2006HailPea Ridge-Nickel size hail was reported at the intersection of Highway 185 and County Road EE.

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Hulsey3.8 miles27
Anthonies Mill4.0 miles21
Northcut4.0 miles19
Ebo10.2 miles19
Richwoods11.6 miles19
Fourche a Renault (historical)11.7 miles19
Aptus11.8 miles19
Hurricane12.1 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 751518. 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.