BlockRocky Ridge Ranch, Missouri
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63670. It stands on Hickory Creek. The Survey maps it on the Weingarten quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 18 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.
- 1907 USGS Weingarten quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1909 USGS Weingarten quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Weingarten quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Farmington quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Farmington quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
6 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Rocky Ridge Ranch between 2018 and 2020, burning about 8 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/undetermined | 6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178140-09533-08082018-1050 |
| 21 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178131-09533-04212018-2040 |
| 24 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178124-09533-03242018-1600 |
| 12 December 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178033-09502-12122018-1530 |
| 25 January 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178095-09533-01252018-1135 |
| 1 January 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179873-09502-01012020-1230 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Rocky Ridge Ranch: 7 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byington Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls Dimension | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Manganese | Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S+G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Herzog Mine | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Swansea Copper Mine | Copper | Past Producer | 1863, 1876 | |
| Swansea Mine | Copper | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Forest Estates | 1.9 miles | 18 | |
| New Offenburg | 2.6 miles | 18 | |
| Weingarten | 3.2 miles | 18 | |
| Lawrenceton | 4.3 miles | 19 | |
| Millers | 5.1 miles | 18 | |
| Copper Mine | 5.2 miles | 18 | |
| Zell | 5.3 miles | 18 | |
| Bloomsdale | 5.6 miles | 19 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122552689 | 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 738162. 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.