Roscoe, Missouri
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Roscoe Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64781. It stands on Coon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Roscoe quadrangle. 89 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 758 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresRoscoe fell from 124 to 89 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 124 | |
| 2020 | 89 | -35 (-28%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1886 USGS Stockton quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1938 USGS Roscoe quadrangle1:24000
- 1940 USGS Roscoe quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Bolivar quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Roscoe quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
28 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Roscoe between 1992 and 2016, burning about 4,514 acres in total. None started naturally. 15 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/incendiarism | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 July 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 390 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,017 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 26 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 513 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | MAGGARD WIXTED |
| 2 April 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 27 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 10 April 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 1 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 201 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | YELLOW CREEK FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Roscoe: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Krifer Brothers Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Krifer Brothers Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Roscoe in 7 storm reports between 2001 and 2023: 2 hail, 2 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2004 | Tornado (F2) | Roscoe | 1 hurt, $500,000 | An F-2 tornado touched down seven miles west of Roscoe...eventually tracking through the middle of this small community. Numerous homes and building were heavily damaged or destroyed. Minutes later the tornado dissipated south of Osceola. One injury occurred from flying debris. |
| March 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Roscoe | $150,000 | This tornado is a continuation of the Cedar County tornado. The tornado weakened to F-1 status as it tracked across a portion of southern St. Clair County. Four stuctures were damaged and one house was destroyed. Most of the damage was to trees along with a few power lines. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roscoe | - | A large tree was reported down blocking SW 101 and Highway 82. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Roscoe | - | Ping Pong ball sized hail was reported. |
| April 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roscoe | - | Several large tree limbs were down on the road. |
| May 2009 | Flash Flood | Roscoe | - | One to three inches of rain caused flooding of small streams and creeks. One particular stream that experienced significant flooding was Brush Creek. This creek flooded a section of Highway J. |
| June 2001 | Hail | Roscoe | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Osage Heights | 0.7 miles | 16 | |
| Oyer | 3.2 miles | 16 | |
| New Oyer | 3.5 miles | 16 | |
| Story (historical) | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| Monegaw Springs | 4.1 miles | 20 | |
| Crooks Springs | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Ebb (historical) | 4.5 miles | 19 | |
| Raney | 4.6 miles | 17 |
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 Roscoe | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1962912 | 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 756612. 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.







