Riverdale, Missouri
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Garden Grove Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65714. It stands on Hog Creek. The Survey maps it on the Highlandville quadrangle. It stands 1,070 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 12 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.
- 1907 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1945 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Highlandville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Table Rock Lake quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
32 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Riverdale between 1992 and 2011, burning about 180 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 13 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 29 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 26 July 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 23 July 2011 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 20 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
29 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Riverdale in 29 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 4 flash flood, 4 flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2008 | Tornado (EF1) | Riverdale | 1 hurt, $200,000 | A National Weather Service storm survey revealed that an EF-1 tornado tracked across a rural section of west central Christian County. This tornado damaged numerous homes while destroying two mobile homes. One injury resulted from this tornado as one women was hit by debris as the tornado destroyed her mobile home. |
| March 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverdale | $50,000 | One home completely lost its roof however no windows or glass was broken at the home. Another home lost significant portions of its roof and the garage door was bent inward. A large tree was also uprooted. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Riverdale | $15,000 | Report of tennis ball size hail. |
| September 2010 | Flash Flood | Riverdale | $10,000 | A vehicle was reported submerged in the Finley River near Riverdale Road and Aven Spring Road. The occupants escaped unharmed. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverdale | $10,000 | Severe thunderstorm wind gusts damaged a barn. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverdale | $5,000 | Report of 1-inch tree limbs broken and shingles blown off. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Riverdale | $5,000 | Report of hail 2 inches in diameter. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Riverdale | $5,000 | Report of hail 2 inches in diameter. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverdale | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverdale | $3,000 | Trees were down on the road. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverdale | $1,000 | A tree ten inches in diameter was reported down. |
| April 2025 | Flash Flood | Riverdale | - | The low water bridge on Melton Road over a Tributary of Hog Creek. |
| April 2025 | Flood | Riverdale | - | Blockages in drainage ditches became more widespread leading to localized flooding with water covering several roads. |
| May 2025 | Flash Flood | Riverdale | - | Two feet of water was reported over the roadway at South Seneca Road and Riverdale Drive. |
| May 2025 | Flood | Riverdale | - | There was a road closure near the intersection of McCauley Road and River Oaks Drive due to flooding along the Finley Creek. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Riverdale | - | Report of ping pong ball size hail. |
| May 2020 | Flood | Riverdale | - | Water from the Finely River flowing out of its banks closed Riverdale Road east of the Finley River low water bridge. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverdale | - | Winds estimated to 60 mph were reported via MPing. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverdale | - | A large tree was snapped a few feet of the ground on Hickory Drive southwest of Ozark, MO. |
| May 2019 | Flood | Riverdale | - | The Finley River was flooded over Riverdale Road for several hours. This was a continuation of flooding that began on April 30th. |
| October 2019 | Heavy Rain | Riverdale | - | The CoCoRaHS station mo-cr-13 near Nixa reported 2.17 inches of rainfall. |
| October 2019 | Heavy Rain | Riverdale | - | The Mesonet station FINM7 at the Finley River near Ozark reported 2.18 inches of rainfall. |
| August 2018 | Heavy Rain | Riverdale | - | The Mesonet station FINM7 reported rainfall of 4.11 inches. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverdale | - | A tree was blown down. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverdale | - | Severe thunderstorm wind gusts from a storm that acquired a bow echo configuration on radar knocked over a large tree across Tennessee Road near its intersection with Highway F. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Riverdale | - | Widespread flooding of roads and low water crossings occurred across Christian County. Rainfall amounts ranged from two to five inches, with the heavier amounts occurring across southern Christian County. A few locations that flooded included a section of Highway O two miles southwest of Highlandville, a low water crossing at the intersection of Bull Creek and Center Road, and section of Highway O five miles southwest of Highlandville. |
| December 2017 | Hail | Riverdale | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Riverdale | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Riverdale | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nixa | 3.3 miles | 21 | |
| Selmore | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Highlandville | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Ozark | 4.8 miles | 23 | |
| Montague | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Fremont Hills | 5.3 miles | 23 | |
| Cassidy | 5.5 miles | 23 | |
| Boaz | 6.1 miles | 20 |
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 Riverdale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28368411 | 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 725341. 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.








