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Rock Creek, Missouri

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Rock Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63049. The Survey maps it on the Maxville quadrangle.

Rock Creek within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 25 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

54 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Rock Creek between 2003 and 2016, burning about 43 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined32
Debris and open burning6
Arson/incendiarism6
Recreation and ceremony6
Natural2
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
26 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
25 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
16 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
11 August 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
19 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
27 June 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
24 June 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
24 June 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Rock Creek: 6 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
House Springs MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

2 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rock Creek in 2 storm reports between 2017 and 2025: 2 hail. 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
March 2025HailRock Creek-no account filed
November 2017HailRock Creek-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
High Ridge2.4 miles24
Weber Hill2.9 miles24
Parkdale3.0 miles24
Jefferson Heights3.2 miles25
Murphy3.5 miles25
Paulina Hills3.9 miles25
Seckman4.3 miles25
House Springs4.4 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 725437. 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.