Ridgeway, Missouri
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Grant Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64481. The Survey maps it on the Eagleville quadrangle. 372 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,056 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresRidgeway fell from 464 to 372 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 464 | |
| 2020 | 372 | -92 (-20%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1947 USGS Blythedale quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Trenton quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Eagleville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
7 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Ridgeway between 1996 and 2016, burning about 108 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 July 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 March 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 24 March 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 23 March 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 29 February 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 135204-04171-02292016-1200 |
| 3 November 1999 | Smoking | 40 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 October 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Ridgeway: 9 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lobby | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Ridgeway Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Wethered Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
12 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ridgeway in 12 storm reports between 2000 and 2019: 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 tornado. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ridgeway | 2 hurt | A tree fell on a mobile home on the 200 block of 2nd Street, temporarily trapping two people, both of whom sustained minor to moderate injuries. |
| April 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Ridgeway | $2,500 | Tornado tracked from I-35 and A Highway junction, east-northeast to Cainsville. Minor damage noted to power lines and transformer near Ridgeway. Trained spotter also videotaped tornado. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ridgeway | $1,000 | Power lines down. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ridgeway | $1,000 | Power lines down. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ridgeway | - | Large tree limbs were reported down. Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ridgeway | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ridgeway | - | Tree limbs 12 to 18 inches in diameter were downed. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Ridgeway | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Ridgeway | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Ridgeway | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Ridgeway | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Ridgeway | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gardner | 5.0 miles | 9 | |
| Brooklyn | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Blythedale | 6.7 miles | 9 | |
| Eagleville | 6.8 miles | 9 | |
| Mount Moriah | 8.2 miles | 9 | |
| Bethany | 9.0 miles | 12 | |
| Cainsville | 9.5 miles | 9 | |
| Pawnee | 11.6 miles | 12 |
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 Ridgeway | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q953521 | 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 730192. 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.





