BlockRossville, Missouri
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Ash Hill Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63940. The Survey maps it on the Broseley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 9 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.
- 1940 USGS Valley Ridge quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Valley Ridge quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Broseley quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
24 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Rossville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 33 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 | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 189936-01201-08062019-1655 |
| 25 August 1996 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 21 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 251234-01201-08212020-1720 |
| 4 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177985-01201-07042018-1128 |
| 25 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177992-01201-07252018-1534 |
| 2 July 1996 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 14 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177987-01201-07142018-0850 |
| 3 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 251224-01201-06032020-1415 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Rossville: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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 | Iron | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Batesville | 2.4 miles | 9 | |
| Barron | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Mayberry | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Ash Hill | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Junland | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Hanleyville | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Fisk | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| Broseley | 4.0 miles | 9 |
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 Rossville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27984113 | 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 725585. 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.