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Redtop, Missouri

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1884 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65622. The Survey maps it on the Halfway quadrangle. It stands 1,217 feet above sea level.

Redtop within Dallas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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

35 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Redtop between 1995 and 2020, burning about 429 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 burning19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural1
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
9 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 September 1996Debris and open burning10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
19 September 2000Debris and open burning20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.6 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177857-03906-08092018-1610
8 August 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 August 1997Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
28 August 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
21 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dallas County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Redtop: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dallas County

Storms near this place

9 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Redtop in 9 storm reports between 2002 and 2026: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. 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 2009Thunderstorm WindRedtop$3,000,000Numerous oubuildings, trees, and power poles were damaged from 60 to 85 mph wind gusts. The greatest impact of these winds occurred over southern Dallas County. One newspaper stated that not a single hay barn across areas of southern Dallas County was fully intact. An Alltel tower was blown down approximately three miles south of Buffalo.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindRedtop$8,000Straight line winds blew off much of a milk barn roof.
September 2025Thunderstorm WindRedtop$2,000Thunderstorm winds snapped tree branches and caused minor damage to siding panels.
September 2025Thunderstorm WindRedtop$1,000Thunderstorm winds downed a tree on Red Top Road in Dallas County.
April 2026HailRedtop-Half dollar sized hail was reported in a mainly rural area.
April 2025HailRedtop-Half dollar sized hail was reported.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindRedtop-A small tree was blown down at Highway TT and Cassity Road in southwest Dallas County.
June 2008HailRedtop-no account filed
December 2002HailRedtop-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dallas 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
March3.2 miles17
Olive3.6 miles19
Boyd3.6 miles17
Foose4.0 miles17
Spring Grove6.6 miles17
Charity6.8 miles17
Thorpe7.8 miles13
Hico (historical)8.7 miles17

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 RedtopAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q28035185The 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 737911. 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.