Rocky Comfort, Missouri
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Richwood Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64861. The Survey maps it on the Rocky Comfort quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1941 USGS Rocky Comfort quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Rocky Comfort quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Rocky Comfort quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Neosho quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
30 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Rocky Comfort between 1992 and 2019, burning about 638 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 1994 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 August 1994 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 23 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 2 August 1994 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 2 August 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 2 August 1994 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 1 August 1994 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 May 2017 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Rocky Comfort: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morton Land | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
12 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rocky Comfort in 12 storm reports between 2001 and 2024: 7 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 1 flash flood. The reports record 9 injuries. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rocky Comfort | 9 hurt, $125,000 | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Hail | Rocky Comfort | - | Mping report of quarter size hail. |
| July 2024 | Hail | Rocky Comfort | - | Public report of quarter size hail. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Rocky Comfort | - | Flooding was reported at Main and Mill Streets. |
| July 2020 | Heavy Rain | Rocky Comfort | - | The Mesonet station FW 6791 measured 4.06 inches of rain in just over an hours time. |
| February 2019 | Hail | Rocky Comfort | - | Quarter size hail was reported. |
| June 2019 | Heavy Rain | Rocky Comfort | - | A trained spotter in Rocky Comfort measured 4.00 inches of rainfall. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rocky Comfort | - | Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed a large tree across a section of Beaver Road. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Rocky Comfort | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Rocky Comfort | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Rocky Comfort | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Rocky Comfort | - | no account filed |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 725507. 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.






