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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 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.
- 1901 USGS De Soto quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1901 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Richwoods quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Richwoods quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Old Mines quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Festus quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
81 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 38 |
| Debris and open burning | 28 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 May 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 1 May 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 April 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 April 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 135363-11043-04042016-1443 |
| 29 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 22 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 18 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 64 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duclois Diggings | Barium-Barite, Lead | Unknown | ||
| Unknown - Copper | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Bee and Scott Diggings | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Elliot Mines | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Bellefontaine Mines | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Cannon Mines | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Careys Mine | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Luaton Mine | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Lynch Mine | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Prairie Diggings | Lead | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Racola | 1.5 miles | 19 | |
| Rabbitville | 2.1 miles | 18 | |
| Theabeau Town | 2.5 miles | 18 | |
| Old Mines | 2.6 miles | 19 | |
| Mud Town | 2.7 miles | 18 | |
| Cruise Mill | 2.8 miles | 18 | |
| Bliss | 3.2 miles | 18 | |
| Cannon Mines | 3.7 miles | 18 |
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 Robidoux | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28095153 | 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 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.










