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Rockbridge, Missouri

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65741. It lies near Shiloh Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Rockbridge quadrangle.

Rockbridge within Ozark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 13 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

97 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Rockbridge between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,939 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 49 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
Arson/incendiarism49
Debris and open burning29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1
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
3 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
22 September 2001Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
31 August 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179590-07749-08312019-2330
24 August 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
23 August 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
23 August 2000Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
23 August 2000Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
11 August 1999Natural2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ozark County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Rockbridge: 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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
Trappist Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Ozark County

Storms near this place

55 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rockbridge in 55 storm reports between 1997 and 2026: 32 flood, 16 flash flood, 4 hail, 3 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
November 2024Flash FloodRockbridge$6,000,000Highway-95 was closed due to flooding. Additional county property damages were reported throughout the entire county, primarily to dirt roads and bridges. Damage cost estimates are a reflection of the county as a whole.
July 2015Flash FloodRockbridge$500,000State Highway 95 was closed due to flooding. This storm report will contain the overall flood damage estimates across the entire Ozark County for this storm event. There were several episodes and heavy rainfall events which led to a compound affect to the flooding damage. Numerous roads, bridges, and low water crossings were heavily damaged.
June 2015Flash FloodRockbridge$50,000Highway 95 at Bryant Creek was closed due to flood water. This storm report will contain the overall storm damage estimates across Ozark County for this storm event. Numerous roads, bridges, and low water crossings were heavily damaged.
March 2026FloodRockbridge-State Highway 95 was closed due to flooding.
March 2026FloodRockbridge-State Highway 95 was closed due to flooding.
April 2025FloodRockbridge-Missouri Highway 95 was closed at Bryant Creek due to water over the low water crossing.
April 2025FloodRockbridge-State Highway 95 at Hunter Creek was flooded and impassable.
June 2025FloodRockbridge-State Highway 95 was closed due to flooding at Bryant Creek.
June 2025FloodRockbridge-State Highway 95 was closed due to flooding at Bryant Creek.
March 2024FloodRockbridge-State Highway 95 was closed due to flooding at Bryant Creek.
August 2024FloodRockbridge-MO 95 was closed at Spring Creek due to flooding.
November 2024Flash FloodRockbridge-Route N in Ozark County was closed due to flash flooding.
February 2023FloodRockbridge-Highway 95 at the Bryant Creek low water Crossing was flooded and impassable.
March 2023FloodRockbridge-Missouri Highway 95 at Bryant Creek was flooded and impassable.
April 2022Flash FloodRockbridge-The Highway 95 low water crossing at Bryants Creek was flooded and impassable.
May 2022FloodRockbridge-Highway 95 at the Spring Creek low water crossing was closed due to flooding.
May 2022HailRockbridge-Penny sized hail was reported.
May 2022FloodRockbridge-A section of Highway 95 at Bryant Creek was flooded and impassable.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindRockbridge-A large tree was reported down.
May 2022HailRockbridge-Golf ball sized hail was reported.
March 2022Flash FloodRockbridge-Portions of MO-95 at Bryant Creek was flooded and impassable.
January 2021Flash FloodRockbridge-Heavy rainfall caused Bryant Creek to flood making Missouri Route 95 impassable.
May 2021Flash FloodRockbridge-State Highway 95 at Bryant Creek was closed due to flooding.
March 2021FloodRockbridge-The low water crossing on State Highway 95 at Bryant Creek was closed due to flooding.
December 2021FloodRockbridge-Highway 95 at Bryant Creek was flooded and impassable.
March 2020FloodRockbridge-State Highway 95 was closed at Bryant Creek due to flooding.
March 2020FloodRockbridge-State Highway 95 was closed at Bryant Creek due to flooding.
May 2020FloodRockbridge-Highway 95 was closed at Bryant Creek due to flooding.
May 2020FloodRockbridge-Highway 95 was closed due to flooding at the Bryant Creek low water crossing.
April 2020FloodRockbridge-Highway 95 at the Bryant Creek low water crossing was flooded and closed.
May 2020FloodRockbridge-Highway 95 was closed at the Bryant Creek low water crossing due to flooding.
February 2020FloodRockbridge-Highway 95 at the Bryant Creek low water crossing was impassible due to flooding over the roadway.
October 2020FloodRockbridge-State Highway 95 was closed at Bryant Creek due to flooding.
May 2019Flash FloodRockbridge-Water was reported over the road at state Highway 95 at Brush Creek.
March 2018FloodRockbridge-The low water crossing at Highway 95 and Bryant Creek was flooded.
December 2018Thunderstorm WindRockbridge-Numerous trees were uprooted around town.
April 2017FloodRockbridge-State Highway 95 was closed due to flooding.
May 2015FloodRockbridge-State Highway 95 was closed due to water over the roadway.
December 2015FloodRockbridge-State Highway 95 was closed at Bryant Creek due to flooding.
June 2013FloodRockbridge-Highway 95 was closed.
February 2013FloodRockbridge-MODOT reported that the low water crossing along Highway 95 was flooded.
September 2012FloodRockbridge-MODOT reported State Highway 95 was flooded at Bryant Creek.
April 2011Flash FloodRockbridge-Highway 95 was closed due to flooding.
March 2010FloodRockbridge-Highway 95 was closed three miles east of Highway N.
March 2010Flash FloodRockbridge-Highway 95 was closed three miles east of Highway N.
May 2010FloodRockbridge-Highway 95 was closed due to flooding along Bryant Creek.
September 2009FloodRockbridge-State Highway 95 was closed due to flooding along Bryant Creek.
June 2008Flash FloodRockbridge-A section of Highway 95 was flooded and impassable to motorists.
May 2006Flash FloodRockbridge-Heavy thunderstorms caused a section of Highway 95 six miles south of Route 14 to become impassable.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindRockbridge-Thunderstorm wind gusts downed a large tree blocking Highway N.
July 2004Flash FloodRockbridge-Several low water crossings were flooded over from heavy thunderstorms near Rockbridge.
March 1998Flash FloodRockbridge-Between one and two inches of rain fell during the early morning flooding low water crossings along Highway 95, 4 miles south of Highway 14. Flooding was short lived due to recent dry weather.
April 2006HailRockbridge-no account filed
July 2003HailRockbridge-no account filed
March 1997Flash FloodRockbridge-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ozark 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
Souder2.6 miles13
Brixey2.7 miles13
Almartha6.0 miles14
Trail6.2 miles13
Romance7.0 miles13
Zanoni8.2 miles12
Grabeel (historical)8.8 miles13
Wasola8.8 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 725475. 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.