Richville, Missouri
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Brush Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65638. It lies near Sauls Knob. The Survey maps it on the Dora quadrangle. It stands 1,191 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 15 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.
- 1939 USGS Topaz quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1941 USGS Topaz quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Dora quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Ava quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 2004 USGS Dora quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
60 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Richville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 796 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 12 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 | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | AA |
| 13 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 11 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 85 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 29 August 1995 | Debris and open burning | 37 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 July 2012 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | ZACH'S BRANCH |
| 29 July 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | not named |
| 23 June 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 May 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 22 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Richville in 6 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 4 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | Hail | Richville | - | Hail to the size of half dollars fell just north of Dora. |
| October 2019 | Tornado (EF1) | Richville | - | This is the continuation of the EF-1 tornado that initially touched down in Ozark County. The tornado continued its path to the northeast after crossing into Douglas County just north of County Road 382 just east of Highway 181. It then crossing Highway 181 and 14 north of Dora while snapping and damaging hundreds of trees before lifting along Highway 289 to the northeast of Dora in southeastern Douglas County. The tornado was on the ground for a total of 12 minutes the last 6 of which were in Douglas County. The total path length was 13.05 miles with a maximum wind of 105 mph, and a maximum path width of 1/4 mile. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richville | - | A few trees were reported down near the intersection of Highway 14 and Farm Road 181. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Richville | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Richville | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Richville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blanche | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Sedan (historical) | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Hale Crossing | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Omba (historical) | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| Hebron | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| Osborn Crossing | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Holtville | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Biggs (historical) | 5.6 miles | 13 |
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 Richville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27985014 | 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 751871. 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.










