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Pleasant Ridge, Missouri

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Pleasant Ridge Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65769. The Survey maps it on the Verona quadrangle.

Pleasant Ridge within Barry County

On record in Pleasant Ridge

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 11 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

71 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Ridge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 694 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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 burning33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Arson/incendiarism8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
7 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
13 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 August 2001Smoking1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
30 August 1995Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
16 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
13 August 1996Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 August 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Barry County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Pleasant Ridge: 19 past producers, 3 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Zinc, Lead, Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Hawkins MineClayProspect
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Unknown - ZincZincPast Producer
Madry QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Browning ShaftZinc, LeadPast Producer
Unknown - Lead & ZincZinc, LeadPast Producer
Unknown - Lead & ZincZinc, LeadPast Producer
Unknown - Lead-ZincZinc, LeadPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.DimLimestone, DimensionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Barry County

Storms near this place

11 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pleasant Ridge in 11 storm reports between 2001 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 flood, 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
May 2001Thunderstorm WindPleasant Ridge$35,000no account filed
August 2018Tornado (EF1)Pleasant Ridge$20,000A National Weather Service storm survey determined that an EF1 tornado touched down near Highway Z and 39 in Barry County and continued north northeast for approximately 3.4 miles before crossing into Lawrence County ending west of Marionville. Maximum wind speeds were estimated at 90mph, a width 100 yards and total distance 9.4 miles. Numerous outbuildings were damaged along the path, trees were uprooted, some power lines were downed, and two mobile homes had portions of their roofs removed. The tornado initially touched down at 6:36 pm in Barry County and ended lifted at 7:01 pm in Lawrence County.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindPleasant Ridge$2,500Several large trees were uprooted and a power pole was snapped.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindPleasant Ridge$1,000Minor damage to an outbuilding occurred and several downed limbs were observed near the intersection of Highway WW and PP.
April 2023HailPleasant Ridge-Quarter sized hail was reported.
April 2021HailPleasant Ridge-Quarter sized hail was reported.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindPleasant Ridge-Numerous trees were uprooted or damaged. Winds were estimated between 80 to 90 mph.
March 2008FloodPleasant Ridge-A section of Highway C was impassable to motorists for several hours due to flooding.
October 2003Thunderstorm WindPleasant Ridge-Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed a few trees near Pleasant Ridge.
June 2009HailPleasant Ridge-no account filed
May 2006HailPleasant Ridge-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Barry 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
Madry4.2 miles12
McDowell5.0 miles11
East Purdy7.2 miles11
Monett7.3 miles11
Revisville7.7 miles12
Leann7.9 miles12
Osa8.4 miles12
Purdy8.8 miles11

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Pleasant RidgeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5269861The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 724579. 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.