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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.

Vida within Phelps County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 26 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

99 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined38
Debris and open burning38
Arson/incendiarism8
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Other causes1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 August 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178675-08102-08092018-1546
8 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178691-08102-08082018-1148
5 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
17 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178688-08102-08172018-1242
16 August 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
9 July 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
1 May 1992Arson/incendiarism25 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Phelps County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 34 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnkLead, ZincPast Producer
UnkLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Fourche A Courtois MineLeadPast Producer
UnkLeadProspect
Mcdowell Asphalt Paving Quarry/PltStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Beaver Creek #2IronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Phelps County

Storms near this place

25 since 2006

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2022Thunderstorm WindVida$30,000Wind 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 2016Thunderstorm WindVida$10,000A picture from social media showed numerous trees and power lines blown down. Time was estimated by radar.
October 2009Flash FloodVida$10,000Homes were evacuated along Beaver Creek due to flooding.
March 2025HailVida-Hail to the size of half dollars fell south of Rolla.
May 2024HailVida-Report of quarter size hail.
May 2024HailVida-Report of quarter size hail.
May 2024HailVida-Report of ping pong ball size hail.
November 2024Heavy RainVida-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 2024Heavy RainVida-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 2023HailVida-Quarter sized hail was reported via MPing.
May 2023HailVida-Quarter sized hail was reported.
April 2022HailVida-Nickle to quarter sized hail was reported.
May 2022Tornado (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 2022FloodVida-County Road 7460 at Little Piney River was flooded and impassable.
September 2018Heavy RainVida-COCORAHS Station MO-PH-37, reported a 24 rain total of 2.23 inches.
September 2018Heavy RainVida-COCORAHS Staiton MO-PH-28, reported a 24 rain total of 2.88 inches.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindVida-Several large tree limbs were blown down near Highway 63.
July 2016Heavy RainVida-There was a rainfall report of 1.74 inches that fell in about 30 minutes.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindVida-Wind gusts up to 70 mph were estimated.
May 2010Flash FloodVida-The low water crossing on County Road 5220, south of Rolla, was flooded to an unknown depth and impassable.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindVida-Several large trees and numerous large limbs were reported down.
March 2006Tornado (F0)Vida-A tornado caused weak tree damage in a rural section of Phelps County south of Rolla.
May 2017HailVida-no account filed
April 2016HailVida-no account filed
March 2012HailVida-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Phelps County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Yancy Mills4.9 miles26
Rolla6.7 miles28
Newburg6.7 miles25
Doolittle7.2 miles25
Northwye8.5 miles28
Westcott (historical)9.5 miles25
Dean Ford9.5 miles23
Dillon9.6 miles23

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 VidaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q16911996The 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.