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Robidoux, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63630. It stands on Robidoux Branch. The Survey maps it on the Old Mines quadrangle.

Robidoux within Washington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

81 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Robidoux between 1992 and 2018, burning about 971 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined38
Debris and open burning28
Arson/incendiarism10
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony2

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
22 August 1999Debris and open burning40 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 May 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 May 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 April 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 April 1992Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 April 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresMissouri Department of Conservation135363-11043-04042016-1443
29 April 1997Debris and open burning20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
22 April 2001Debris and open burning18 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 64 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 64 workings within 5 miles of Robidoux: 52 past producers, 6 producers, 5 unknowns, 1 prospect. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Lead, Lead, Zinc, Barium-Barite, 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
Duclois DiggingsBarium-Barite, LeadUnknown
Unknown - CopperCopperPast Producer
Bee and Scott DiggingsLead, ZincPast Producer
Elliot MinesLead, ZincPast Producer
Bellefontaine MinesLeadPast Producer
Cannon MinesLeadPast Producer
Careys MineLeadPast Producer
Luaton MineLeadPast Producer
Lynch MineLeadPast Producer
Prairie DiggingsLeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Washington 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
Racola1.5 miles19
Rabbitville2.1 miles18
Theabeau Town2.5 miles18
Old Mines2.6 miles19
Mud Town2.7 miles18
Cruise Mill2.8 miles18
Bliss3.2 miles18
Cannon Mines3.7 miles18

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 RobidouxAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q28095153The 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 736707. 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.