Roy, Missouri
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Campbell Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65608. It lies near Hedrick Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Goodhope quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 12 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.
- 1937 USGS Bradleyville quadrangle1:48000
- 1943 USGS Bradleyville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Bradleyville quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Goodhope quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Ava quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
46 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Roy between 1992 and 2018, burning about 571 acres in total. None started naturally. 14 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 | 28 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 April 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 3 April 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 2 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 2 April 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 19 April 1994 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 17 April 1994 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
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 Roy: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roberts Diggings | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Roy in 6 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roy | $10,000 | One hundred feet of roofing was blown off of a home. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roy | $1,000 | Report of a tree on the road. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roy | - | Several trees were blown down on DD Highway south of Goodhope close to Plainview School. |
| May 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Roy | - | A National Weather Service storm survey revealed that an EF-0 tornado touched down along Highway AJ approximately one half of a mile east of Highway 76. The tornado lifted near the intersection of Highway 76 and County Road 508. Damage from the tornado was limited to numerous trees. |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roy | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts downed trees across Highway 76 west of Highway AJ. |
| September 2007 | Hail | Roy | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goodhope | 1.3 miles | 12 | |
| Jackson Mill | 1.7 miles | 12 | |
| Red Bank | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Merritt | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Rome | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Cross Roads | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Old Merritt | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Arno | 4.5 miles | 13 |
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 Roy | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27985019 | 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 725641. 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.










