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Rippee, Missouri

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Brown Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65608. It stands on Rippee Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rockbridge quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Rippee within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 13 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

85 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Rippee (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,646 acres in total. None started naturally. 38 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
Arson/incendiarism38
Debris and open burning28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Equipment and vehicle use6

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
7 August 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
16 August 2001Debris and open burning10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
17 May 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 May 2000Equipment and vehicle use50 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 2000Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 1998Arson/incendiarism20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 April 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined254 acresMissouri Department of ConservationNN & CR 345
8 April 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined304 acresMissouri Department of ConservationINDIAN FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Rippee (historical): 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Hare LandIronPast Producer
Trappist Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Douglas 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
Sweden1.9 miles13
Evans2.2 miles13
Cheney2.9 miles13
Vera Cruz3.4 miles13
Fielden4.4 miles13
Bertha4.8 miles13
Hilo (historical)5.3 miles14
Gentryville5.6 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 734252. 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.