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Rockingham, Missouri

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Grape Grove Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64668. The Survey maps it on the Hardin quadrangle.

Rockingham within Ray County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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.

In the county-history sources

764 words on this township

History of Ray County, Mo., published 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Grape Grove Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Grape Grove Township - 764 words.

Fires near this place

3 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Rockingham in 2014, burning about 142 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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/undetermined3

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
30 March 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined140 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
26 March 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
24 January 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ray 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 Rockingham: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Lakeview QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Ray County

Storms near this place

4 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rockingham in 4 storm reports between 1998 and 2009: 2 hail, 2 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 2009Thunderstorm WindRockingham-A thunderstorm wind gust to 60 mph was estimated.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindRockingham-Large tree limbs were reported down.
May 1998HailRockingham-Nickel-size hail was reported by the public 2 miles south of Rockingham.
September 2001HailRockingham-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ray 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
Lakeview2.4 miles15
Russellville4.3 miles15
Morton4.9 miles15
Hardin6.5 miles15
Regal7.8 miles15
Millville7.9 miles15
Ovid (historical)9.4 miles15
Tinney Grove10.2 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 725488. 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.