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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 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.
- 1884 USGS Bolivar quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Bolivar quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Half Way quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Bolivar quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
35 since 1995Regional 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 burning | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 19 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.6 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177857-03906-08092018-1610 |
| 8 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 28 August 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 21 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional 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.
Storms near this place
9 since 2002Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redtop | $3,000,000 | Numerous 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 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redtop | $8,000 | Straight line winds blew off much of a milk barn roof. |
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redtop | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds snapped tree branches and caused minor damage to siding panels. |
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redtop | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a tree on Red Top Road in Dallas County. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Redtop | - | Half dollar sized hail was reported in a mainly rural area. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Redtop | - | Half dollar sized hail was reported. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redtop | - | A small tree was blown down at Highway TT and Cassity Road in southwest Dallas County. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Redtop | - | no account filed |
| December 2002 | Hail | Redtop | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| March | 3.2 miles | 17 | |
| Olive | 3.6 miles | 19 | |
| Boyd | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| Foose | 4.0 miles | 17 | |
| Spring Grove | 6.6 miles | 17 | |
| Charity | 6.8 miles | 17 | |
| Thorpe | 7.8 miles | 13 | |
| Hico (historical) | 8.7 miles | 17 |
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 Redtop | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28035185 | 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 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.






