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Rondo, Missouri

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1884 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Jefferson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65650. The Survey maps it on the Elkton quadrangle.

Rondo within Polk County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

5 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Rondo between 1994 and 2010, burning about 396 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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/undetermined2
Arson/incendiarism2
Debris and open burning1

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
14 April 2001Arson/incendiarism185 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
13 April 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined108 acresMissouri Department of Conservation47TH ROAD
5 March 1994Arson/incendiarism65 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation330TH ROAD
20 February 1998Debris and open burning35 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk 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 Rondo: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 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
Cliquot QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Polk County

Storms near this place

30 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rondo in 30 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 11 flash flood, 9 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 heavy rain. 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
May 2020Thunderstorm WindRondo$30,000A barn suffered significant damage from strong straight line winds.
May 2015Tornado (EF0)Rondo$20,000An EF-0 tornado briefly touched down southeast of Flemington. The tornado touched down near South 85th Road and 330th Road. The tornado lifted near South 95th Road and Highway V. A couple outbuildings were destroyed. Numerous trees had severe tree damage with large branches broken and tree tops snapped. Several trees were uprooted. The path was approximately 2 miles long and 100 yards wide. Maximum winds were estimated up to 85 mph.
April 2024HailRondo$12,000Hail to the size of softballs killed five cows and another five killed as they broke through fencing in a stampede to avoid the hail.
February 2023Thunderstorm WindRondo$10,000Minor damage occurred to a sawmill.
April 2025Flash FloodRondo-State Highway V was closed at Weaubleau Creek with a foot or more of water. A water rescue was performed successfully with no injuries reported.
June 2025Flash FloodRondo-State Route V was closed due to flooding.
July 2021Flash FloodRondo-Route V was closed and impassable due to flooding at Weaubleau Creek.
April 2020FloodRondo-Highway V was closed at Weaubleau Creek due to flooding.
January 2020Flash FloodRondo-Excessive rain caused flooding on Highway V at Weaubleau Creek closing the road.
March 2019Flash FloodRondo-Flooding from heavy rains closed Highway V at Weaubleau Creek.
August 2018Heavy RainRondo-A Cooperative Weather Observer reported that 2.30 inches of rain fell in approximately 1 hour.
August 2018Heavy RainRondo-The public reported that 2.30 inches of rain fell in approximately 1 hour.
March 2017HailRondo-Penny size hail was reported along with estimated wind gusts up to 60 mph.
December 2015Flash FloodRondo-County Road V was closed due to flooding of Weaubleau Creek.
December 2015Heavy RainRondo-There was a report of 5.60 inches of rainfall in 24 hours.
May 2011Flash FloodRondo-Route V was closed due to flooding.
May 2010Flash FloodRondo-The low water crossing on Route V west of Highway 83 was closed when it became impassable due to flooding.
May 2010Flash FloodRondo-The low water crossing on Route V west of Highway 83 was closed when it became impassable due to flooding.
May 2010Flash FloodRondo-Low water crossings on Highways 83 and V were reported as flooded and impassable.
October 2009Flash FloodRondo-A section of Highway 83 just north of its intersection with State Highway PP was flooded.
October 2009FloodRondo-A water rescue was conducted on Route V between Highway 83 and Route O.
November 2008Thunderstorm WindRondo-Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed power lines southeast of Humansville.
May 2017HailRondo-no account filed
May 2017HailRondo-no account filed
July 2015HailRondo-no account filed
April 2014HailRondo-no account filed
March 2014HailRondo-no account filed
March 2008HailRondo-no account filed
May 2003Tornado (F0)Rondo-no account filed
April 2002HailRondo-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Polk 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
Flemington3.8 miles16
Adonis5.0 miles24
Cliquot5.2 miles19
Huron6.2 miles19
Humansville7.1 miles16
Mohawk Corner7.7 miles24
Dunnegan7.8 miles14
Polk8.4 miles19

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.

Wikipedia article on RondoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q28005963The 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 725547. 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.