Vida, Missouri
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Cold Spring Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65401. It stands on Abbott Branch. The Survey maps it on the Yancy Mills quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 26 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.
- 1912 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Yancy Mills quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1951 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1951 USGS Yancy Mills quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 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
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 2004 USGS Yancy Mills quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
99 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Vida between 1992 and 2020, burning about 894 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 38 |
| Debris and open burning | 38 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178675-08102-08092018-1546 |
| 8 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178691-08102-08082018-1148 |
| 5 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 17 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178688-08102-08172018-1242 |
| 16 August 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 9 July 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 1 May 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 34 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Vida: 24 past producers, 5 prospects, 4 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Fourche A Courtois Mine | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Lead | Prospect | ||
| Mcdowell Asphalt Paving Quarry/Plt | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Beaver Creek #2 | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
25 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vida in 25 storm reports between 2006 and 2025: 10 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 5 heavy rain, 2 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 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vida | $30,000 | Wind damage reports were received between Lake Spring and Rolla along Highways O and 72. High winds downed trees and power lines and a home and a barn suffered minor roof and siding damage. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vida | $10,000 | A picture from social media showed numerous trees and power lines blown down. Time was estimated by radar. |
| October 2009 | Flash Flood | Vida | $10,000 | Homes were evacuated along Beaver Creek due to flooding. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Vida | - | Hail to the size of half dollars fell south of Rolla. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Vida | - | Report of quarter size hail. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Vida | - | Report of quarter size hail. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Vida | - | Report of ping pong ball size hail. |
| November 2024 | Heavy Rain | Vida | - | The CoCoRaHS station MO-PH-28 located 7.6 miles south-southeast of Rolla measured a 2-day rainfall total of 9.03 inches. |
| November 2024 | Heavy Rain | Vida | - | The CoCoRaHS station MO-PH-37 located 8.1 miles south-southeast of Rolla measured a 2-day rainfall total of 8.42 inches. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Vida | - | Quarter sized hail was reported via MPing. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Vida | - | Quarter sized hail was reported. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Vida | - | Nickle to quarter sized hail was reported. |
| May 2022 | Tornado (EF1) | Vida | - | A National Weather Service storm survey determined that an EF-1 tornado with peak winds of 90 mph uprooted numerous trees along its 1 mile long path. A few trees were snapped. |
| March 2022 | Flood | Vida | - | County Road 7460 at Little Piney River was flooded and impassable. |
| September 2018 | Heavy Rain | Vida | - | COCORAHS Station MO-PH-37, reported a 24 rain total of 2.23 inches. |
| September 2018 | Heavy Rain | Vida | - | COCORAHS Staiton MO-PH-28, reported a 24 rain total of 2.88 inches. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vida | - | Several large tree limbs were blown down near Highway 63. |
| July 2016 | Heavy Rain | Vida | - | There was a rainfall report of 1.74 inches that fell in about 30 minutes. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vida | - | Wind gusts up to 70 mph were estimated. |
| May 2010 | Flash Flood | Vida | - | The low water crossing on County Road 5220, south of Rolla, was flooded to an unknown depth and impassable. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vida | - | Several large trees and numerous large limbs were reported down. |
| March 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Vida | - | A tornado caused weak tree damage in a rural section of Phelps County south of Rolla. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Vida | - | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Hail | Vida | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Vida | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yancy Mills | 4.9 miles | 26 | |
| Rolla | 6.7 miles | 28 | |
| Newburg | 6.7 miles | 25 | |
| Doolittle | 7.2 miles | 25 | |
| Northwye | 8.5 miles | 28 | |
| Westcott (historical) | 9.5 miles | 25 | |
| Dean Ford | 9.5 miles | 23 | |
| Dillon | 9.6 miles | 23 |
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 Vida | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q16911996 | 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 752714. 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.














