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Rimby, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1884 and the latest in 1984. It stands in North Green Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65663. It stands on Jordan Creek. The Survey maps it on the Urbana quadrangle.

Rimby within Polk County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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

13 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Rimby between 1994 and 2020, burning about 210 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
Debris and open burning9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Arson/incendiarism2

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
20 April 2018Debris and open burning28 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176612-03015-04202018-1338
20 April 2014Arson/incendiarism89 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 March 1997Debris and open burning60 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
11 March 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
23 February 2020Debris and open burning5.6 acresMissouri Department of Conservation190064-03015-02232020-1012
30 December 1994Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
29 December 1996Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
17 December 1994Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Rimby: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Lead. 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
Plummer FarmLeadPast Producer
Unknown - Lead + ZincLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - Lead + ZincLead, ZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Polk County

Storms near this place

33 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rimby in 33 storm reports between 1997 and 2026: 16 flash flood, 7 flood, 5 heavy rain, 3 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
July 2015Flash FloodRimby$100,000Lindley Creek was flooded near Highway P in northeast Polk County. This storm report will contain the overall storm damage estimates across the entire Polk County for this storm event. Numerous roads, bridges, and low water crossings were heavily damaged.
May 2023HailRimby$40,000Hail to the size of hen eggs was reported. Minimal damage was reported to a home and a few vehicles.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindRimby$25,000Microburst winds estimated between 60 and 70 mph produced localized damage. A modular home had siding removed and a small barn had a portion of its roof removed. Several trees had tops broken off and large limbs down. A MODoT electric sign was also knocked over.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindRimby$1,000There was minor roof damage to a home.
April 2026Flash FloodRimby-State Highway H at Ingalls Creek was flooded and impassable.
May 2024HailRimby-Report of quarter size hail.
May 2024Flash FloodRimby-Route HH was closed due to flooding of Ingalis Creek.
March 2023FloodRimby-Route HH at Ingalls Creek was flooded and impassable.
May 2022FloodRimby-Route HH at the Ingalls Creek low water crossing was closed due to flooding.
July 2021Flash FloodRimby-Highway P was flooded and impassable at Lindley Creek.
January 2020Flash FloodRimby-Excessive rain caused flooding on Highway HH at Ingalls Creek closing the road.
January 2020Flash FloodRimby-State Highway HH is closed due to flooding at Ingalls Creek.
May 2019Heavy RainRimby-An amateur radio operator 5.5 miles west of Louisburg recorded a 24 hour rainfall total of 2.64 inches.
May 2019Heavy RainRimby-The reported measured 7.05 inches of rain since midnight.
May 2019Heavy RainRimby-Thunderstorms produced 3.45 inches of rain in under two hours.
July 2015Flash FloodRimby-Highway HH was closed due to flooding.
November 2015FloodRimby-Route P was closed at the low water crossing just north of 360th Road.
November 2015FloodRimby-Route H was closed at Ingalls Creek due to flooding.
December 2015Heavy RainRimby-There was a storm total rainfall report of 10.50 inches in the last 2 days.
December 2015Heavy RainRimby-There was a report of 5.00 inches of rainfall.
April 2013FloodRimby-Route HH just north of Highway 64 was flooded and reported by MODOT.
August 2013Flash FloodRimby-Route P was closed due to flooding.
April 2012Flash FloodRimby-MODOT reported water over State Highway HH at Ingles Creek.
May 2011FloodRimby-Route HH was closed due to flooding at Ingalls Creek.
May 2011Flash FloodRimby-Route P was closed due to flooding.
May 2011Flash FloodRimby-Route HH was closed due to flooding.
March 2010FloodRimby-Highway P was closed one mile south to two miles south of Highway 64.
September 2010Flash FloodRimby-State Route P was closed due to flooding.
September 2010Flash FloodRimby-State Route P was closed due to high water.
November 2009Flash FloodRimby-Route P, south of Highway 64 was closed due to flooding.
April 2008Flash FloodRimby-Jordan Creek flooded a section of Highway P.
July 1997Flash FloodRimby-Up to two inches of rain falling in about an hour caused flooding of low water bridges.
December 2015HailRimby-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Polk 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
Huckaby2.2 miles19
Clifford (historical)2.4 miles19
Ingalls (historical)2.7 miles19
Mohawk Corner3.7 miles24
Sentinel3.9 miles24
Polk3.9 miles19
Goodson4.1 miles19
Dewey (historical)6.6 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 725311. 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.