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Roach, Missouri

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Russell Township. It lies near Cedar Bluff Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Hahatonka quadrangle.

Roach within Camden County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

234 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 234 fires within 5 miles of Roach between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,194 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 87 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 burning94
Arson/incendiarism87
Missing data/not specified/undetermined46
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking1
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
3 September 1999Debris and open burning7.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
25 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use56 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
24 September 1999Debris and open burning4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
11 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179782-01502-09112019-0812
30 August 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
24 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation261561-01502-08242020-0835
21 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179781-01502-08212019-2030
7 July 1999Arson/incendiarism33 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Camden County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Roach: 9 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Flagstone, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - SsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Beavers Rock QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Scott QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Unknown - Ss DimensionFlagstonePast Producer
Unknown - Ss DimensionFlagstonePast Producer
Unknown - Ss DimensionFlagstonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Camden County

Storms near this place

11 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Roach in 11 storm reports between 1996 and 2017: 7 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind. 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
June 2016Thunderstorm WindRoach-A couple of trees were blown down on Highway AA near Roach.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindRoach-A large tree limb was blown down.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindRoach-Several large trees were blown down from severe thunderstorm wind gusts.
March 2017HailRoach-no account filed
May 2017HailRoach-no account filed
May 2017HailRoach-no account filed
June 2005HailRoach-no account filed
May 2004HailRoach-no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindRoach-no account filed
April 1997HailRoach-no account filed
May 1996HailRoach-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Camden 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
Rodger Ford (historical)2.4 miles17
Neongwah3.5 miles22
Green Gables (historical)3.7 miles17
Pleasant Grove3.8 miles17
Hahatonka3.8 miles17
White City4.0 miles17
Camdenton5.0 miles22
Friedenswald6.9 miles22

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 RoachAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3470969The 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 725366. 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.