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Richland, Missouri

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Liberty Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65556. The Survey maps it on the Richland quadrangle.

Richland within Pulaski County

On record in Richland

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

7 surveys from 14 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

79 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Richland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,795 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 burning39
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Equipment and vehicle use5
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Arson/incendiarism3

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
2 September 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
15 June 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177292-02059-06152018-1214
3 May 2014Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 1997Debris and open burning30 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 April 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation126030-02059-04062015-1704
4 April 1992Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
24 April 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pulaski County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Richland: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron. 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
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Lentz QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pulaski County

Storms near this place

22 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Richland in 22 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 10 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2020Thunderstorm WindRichland$50,000Thunderstorm winds downed numerous limbs and several trees. The roof of a barn suffered significant damage and a car port was lifted out of its foundation and blown into a mobile home. Damage to the mobile home was minimal.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindRichland$50,000Severe downburst winds caused significant damage to homes and vehicles within the community of Richland. Numerous trees were downed.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindRichland$50,000Severe thunderstorm down bursts damaged several roofs to homes and businesses in the city of Richland.
June 2005Flash FloodRichland$20,000Heavy thunderstorms caused flash flooding in the community of Richland. Several homes and businesses were flooded.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindRichland$500Large trees were blown or uprooted across the northern half of the county. Power lines were also blown down in the Dixon area.
April 2025Flash FloodRichland-Several city streets, including East Jefferson Avenue and L.G. Myers Drive were flooded.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindRichland-Several trees were reported down.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindRichland-The tops of several trees were reported down. Large limbs were also down.
August 2013Flash FloodRichland-Interstate 44 was closed due to high water.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindRichland-Severe thunderstorm wind gusts uprooted a tree into power lines.
May 1998HailRichland-Winds gusts were also estimated at 50 knots.
June 2005HailRichland-no account filed
June 2005HailRichland-no account filed
July 2005HailRichland-no account filed
April 2004HailRichland-no account filed
May 2004HailRichland-no account filed
May 2004HailRichland-no account filed
August 2003HailRichland-no account filed
September 2000Thunderstorm WindRichland-no account filed
May 1998HailRichland-no account filed
April 1998HailRichland-no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindRichland-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pulaski 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
Saint John2.6 miles14
Ozark Springs3.7 miles16
Kieseweltter Resort3.8 miles16
Turkey Ridge4.8 miles16
Stillhouse Springs5.3 miles16
Swedeborg5.5 miles14
Gascozark6.2 miles14
Shady Grove6.7 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 751867. 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.