Providence, Missouri
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Rock Bridge Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65203. It stands on Perche Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jamestown quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 20 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.
- 1886 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Columbia quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Columbia quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Jamestown quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Providence between 1994 and 2018, burning about 115 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 | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 February 1994 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 18 February 1994 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 31 January 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177701-06843-01312018-1315 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Providence: 12 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Barium-Barite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honey Mine | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Mcdonald Mine | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Ramon Mine | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Tiff Mine | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Barite | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Haffner Quarries # 1 & 2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Lupus Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Lupus Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Providence in 2 storm reports between 2015 and 2016: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2016 | Flash Flood | Providence | - | Up to four inches of rain fell in a short amount of time over the far southern portions of Boone County causing flash flooding. Several roads were flooded including Main Street in Hartsburg. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Providence | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous trees, tree limbs and power lines in Boone County. Some of the worst tree damage was in southern Boone County near the intersection of Old Plank Road South and Dothage Road. In Columbia, a large tree limb fell and knocked down power lines onto an unoccupied car. The car sustained moderate damage to the hood. Further east, several large tree limbs and a couple of trees were blown down. One large tree blocked a gravel road next to Lake LaVista. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nashville (historical) | 1.3 miles | 20 | |
| Easley | 2.9 miles | 20 | |
| Sapp | 3.0 miles | 21 | |
| McBaine | 4.0 miles | 22 | |
| Pierpont | 5.1 miles | 21 | |
| Turner | 5.5 miles | 22 | |
| Huntsdale | 6.2 miles | 22 | |
| Eureka (historical) | 7.4 miles | 20 |
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 Providence | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q26794850 | The 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 741175. 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.










