Rader, Missouri
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65632. It stands on Myers Branch. The Survey maps it on the Rader quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1956 USGS Rader quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Rader quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Mountain Grove quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
32 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Rader between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,120 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 burning | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 May 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 220562-11204-05072020-1210 |
| 6 April 2000 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 April 2000 | Debris and open burning | 129 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 2 April 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 12 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 2 April 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 498 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 19 April 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 132 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 1 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 129725-11410-04012015-1315 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rader in 8 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 2 hail, 2 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2009 | Flash Flood | Rader | $25,000 | Excessive rain cause significant flash flooding across northeast Webster County. Several roads were washed out from swift moving streams in the area. |
| February 2018 | Flood | Rader | $5,000 | Two people were rescued from flood water at the Kilburn Bridge. |
| June 2024 | Flash Flood | Rader | - | A water rescue occurred at State Highway ZZ due to flooding and the road was closed. |
| March 2023 | Flood | Rader | - | Highway ZZ at Myers Branch was closed due to flooding. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rader | - | A large tree was blown over. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rader | - | Several trees and power lines were reported down. Winds were estimated at 60 mph. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Rader | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Rader | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vance | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Susanna | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Sampson | 6.7 miles | 13 | |
| Niangua | 7.9 miles | 13 | |
| Niangua Junction | 8.0 miles | 13 | |
| Johnston Ford | 8.0 miles | 13 | |
| Bracken | 9.0 miles | 13 | |
| Forkners Hill | 10.1 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 725052. 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.
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.





