Roubidoux, Missouri
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Upton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65552. It stands on East Fork Roubidoux Creek. The Survey maps it on the Roubidoux quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1941 USGS Bado quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Bado quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Mountain Grove quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Roubidoux quadrangle1:24000
- 2004 USGS Roubidoux quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
33 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Roubidoux between 1992 and 2020, burning about 552 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 July 1997 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 123530-10744-04072015-1702 |
| 4 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | 138 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | SUCCESS |
| 15 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 1 April 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 March 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 36 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190176-10735-03082020-1535 |
| 6 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | WOLF |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Roubidoux: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Kaolin, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Clay | Kaolin | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Roubidoux in 7 storm reports between 2015 and 2023: 3 flash flood, 3 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2015 | Flash Flood | Roubidoux | $1,600,000 | Route M north of Route YY near Roubidoux Creek was closed due to flooding. Nearly all low water crossings were flooded across the county. There were numerous reports of flood-related damage to homes and businesses. There was significant damage to county roads and bridges. This storm report will contain the damage estimates for the entire county for this event. |
| May 2023 | Flood | Roubidoux | - | Route M at Roubidoux Creek was flooded and impassable. |
| May 2022 | Flood | Roubidoux | - | Highway M at the low water crossing on Roubidoux Creek was closed due to flooding. |
| January 2020 | Flash Flood | Roubidoux | - | Excessive rain caused flooding on Highway M at Roubidouix Creek closing the road. |
| February 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roubidoux | - | A large tree was knocked down by straight line winds across Roubidoux Road blocking traffic. |
| May 2019 | Flash Flood | Roubidoux | - | State Highway M was closed west of Highway 17 along Roubidoux Creek. |
| February 2018 | Flood | Roubidoux | - | Highway M was closed due to flooding. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turley | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Success | 3.5 miles | 15 | |
| Upton | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Old Success | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Mitchells Corner | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| Pleasant Ridge | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| Windy Curve | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Plum Valley | 5.5 miles | 14 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122593763 | 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 751968. 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.







