Ruble, Missouri
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Logan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63638. It lies near Mullikin Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Ellington quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 18 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.
- 1943 USGS Ellington quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Ellington quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Ellington quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Piedmont quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
51 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Ruble between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,008 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 | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 3 September 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 June 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.9 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177679-09009-06082018-1639 |
| 22 May 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 1 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.6 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177678-09009-05012018-1120 |
| 9 April 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 71 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190440-00000-04092020-1930 |
| 9 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 613 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | MILL ROCK |
| 5 April 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 145 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Ruble: 13 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese. 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 Manganese | Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Manganese | Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Manganese | Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Manganese | Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Lone Star Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Iron | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ruble in 3 storm reports between 2020 and 2025: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | Tornado (EF1) | Ruble | $1,000 | A tornado that originated in Oregon County, MO and caused EF-3 level damage in Carter County, MO tracked into southern Reynolds County where it busted out the glass of a single family home. From there it continued northeast, uprooting and snapping trees along a track that passed just south of Grady and ended at Highway H. The tornado lifted here at approximately 10:29 PM. In Reynolds County the tornado was rated EF-1 with a path length of 9.22 miles and a maximum path width of 50 yards. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ruble | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees onto Highway 21 about 3 miles south of Ellington. |
| March 2020 | Hail | Ruble | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Webb (historical) | 1.4 miles | 18 | |
| Helvey (historical) | 2.1 miles | 18 | |
| Grady | 2.2 miles | 18 | |
| Oakley | 3.1 miles | 18 | |
| Chitwood | 5.2 miles | 18 | |
| Garwood | 5.7 miles | 17 | |
| Hadley | 7.4 miles | 17 | |
| Ellington | 7.5 miles | 18 |
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 Ruble | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28018054 | 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 741218. 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.












