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Roosevelt, Missouri

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Richland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65775. It lies near Shingle Mill Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Siloam Springs quadrangle.

Roosevelt within Douglas 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

149 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 149 fires within 5 miles of Roosevelt between 1992 and 2018, burning about 4,190 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 116 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/incendiarism116
Debris and open burning20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
9 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMark Twain National ForestHORTON #3
9 September 2002Arson/incendiarism1.1 acresMark Twain National ForestHORTON #2
9 September 2002Arson/incendiarism7.2 acresMark Twain National ForestHORTON #1
29 September 2005Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresMark Twain National ForestBUDDY
29 September 2004Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresMark Twain National ForestAA
23 August 2007Arson/incendiarism32 acresMark Twain National ForestROCKY
17 August 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMark Twain National ForestHOT STUFF
8 July 2012Natural2.0 acresMark Twain National ForestZACH'S BRANCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Roosevelt: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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
Pattillo Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Douglas 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
Hebron2.2 miles15
Omba (historical)3.3 miles15
Hale Crossing4.9 miles13
Richville6.2 miles15
Osborn Crossing6.4 miles13
Biggs (historical)6.7 miles13
Topaz9.0 miles13
Holtville9.4 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 751960. 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.