Ross, Missouri

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Falling Spring Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65588. It lies near Brown Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Greer quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Ross within Oregon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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.

1931 USGS Bandyville quadrangle1:48000
1944 USGS Birch Tree quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1948 USGS Birch Tree quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
1983 USGS Greer quadrangle1:24000
1984 USGS West Plains quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1997 USGS Greer quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

60 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Ross (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,755 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 38 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	38
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10
Debris and open burning	4
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Natural	2
Smoking	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
Recreation and ceremony	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
22 August 2012	Arson/incendiarism	16 acres	Mark Twain National Forest	BUCK BAY
8 July 2012	Arson/incendiarism	1.5 acres	Mark Twain National Forest	SISCO
23 April 2007	Arson/incendiarism	328 acres	Mark Twain National Forest	HURRICANE
23 April 1993	Arson/incendiarism	7.0 acres	Mark Twain National Forest	not named
23 April 1993	Arson/incendiarism	16 acres	Mark Twain National Forest	not named
23 April 1993	Arson/incendiarism	16 acres	Mark Twain National Forest	not named
23 April 1993	Arson/incendiarism	15 acres	Mark Twain National Forest	not named
22 April 2007	Arson/incendiarism	6.1 acres	Mark Twain National Forest	MCCORMACK LAKE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oregon 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 Ross (historical): 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Unknown - S&G	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Oregon 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
New Liberty	3.4 miles	14
Turners Mill	3.6 miles	14
Brawley	4.0 miles	14
McFry Ford	4.5 miles	14
Greer	4.8 miles	14
Wilderness	5.4 miles	14
Braswell	7.2 miles	13
Woodside	7.4 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 735171. 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.