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Risco Missouri Map

Explore Risco, Missouri, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Risco, Missouri

How to Use This Risco, Missouri Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Risco, Missouri. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Missouri or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Risco.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Risco
State	Missouri (MO)
County	New Madrid County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	36.553393
Longitude	-89.817863
Population	286
Density	197.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	63874
Area Code	816
County Seat	New Madrid
School District	Risco R-II School District

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About Risco, Missouri

Risco is a locality in New Madrid County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 286. The population density is 197.2 people per km². Risco is located at 36.5534°N, 89.8179°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Risco is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 63874.

Risco occupies a vast expanse of the Bootheel, where the earth stretches flat and dark under a sky that seems wider than the horizon itself. It lies 25.6 miles north-northeast of Kennett, MO (from Kennett, MO: bearing 31°T), and is situated 8.3 miles east of Malden. Caney Slough winds through the nearby lowlands, its sluggish, silt-heavy waters carving a quiet path through the sediment-rich soil that defines the local topography. To the west, the faint, hazy silhouette of Cane Ridge marks the edge of the visible world, rising against the sunset like a bruised ripple in an otherwise seamless plain. Even the air here carries a heavy, fertile weight, smelling of damp earth and the expansive cycles of the seasons that govern the stillness of the fields.

Risco maintains a character forged by the relentless labor of the plow and the persistence of those who turned this alluvial basin into a sprawling grid of productivity. The local economy remains anchored to the rhythms of the harvest, with the landscape dominated by the geometry of rows that pull the eye toward the distant, gray edges of the sky. While the quietude of the region is profound, the proximity of Goldsmith Park offers a singular reprieve of untamed brush and timber, a stark contrast to the manicured precision of the surrounding crops. Life in Risco persists with an understated gravity, where the passing of a truck on a two-lane road marks the time more distinctly than any clock, echoing the enduring, industrious spirit of a place built upon the deep, unyielding silt of the Missouri plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Unknown Park (Local Park) — 9.5 mi, 289° W
Veterans Wall of Honor (Monument) — 9.8 mi, 289° W
Malden Army Airfield Museum (Museum) — 10.1 mi, 289° W
Morris State Park (State Park) — 12.0 mi, 269° W
Otter Slough Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 18.3 mi, 301° NW
Caboose (Attraction) — 18.4 mi, 335° NW
Donaldson Point Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 18.6 mi, 085° E
Chalk Bluff Trail Access (State Recreation Area) — 19.2 mi, 256° W
Battle of Island 10 (Monument) — 20.4 mi, 112° E
Reelfoot (State Park) — 23.1 mi, 116° SE
Pfeiffer Museum (Museum) — 24.2 mi, 242° SW
Hemingway-Pfieffer Museum (Museum) — 24.2 mi, 241° SW
Jones outdoor Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 26.1 mi, 211° SW
Reelfoot National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 26.2 mi, 096° E · 16k acres
Malco (Cinema) — 26.4 mi, 031° NE
Lake Isom National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 27.6 mi, 130° SE · 3,626 acres
Cotton Belt Caboose (Attraction) — 28.7 mi, 057° NE
Mark Twain National Forest (National Forest) — 32.8 mi, 311° NW · 1.5M acres
HWY 51 Overlook (Viewpoint) — 34.0 mi, 330° NW
Mingo National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 34.6 mi, 326° NW · 7,890 acres
Cooter Auxillary Army Airfield (Historic Ruins) — 35.8 mi, 177° S
Lee Morris Memorial (Monument) — 36.3 mi, 143° SE
John Sappington Marmaduke Memorial Sign (Attraction) — 40.4 mi, 231° SW
Burgess Chapel School (Historic Ruins) — 41.1 mi, 148° SE
Davy Crockett (Public Artwork) — 42.2 mi, 101° E
Big Lake National Wildlife Refuge.Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 42.9 mi, 203° SW · 2,280 acres
The Fear Factory (Attraction) — 43.2 mi, 102° E
Dyer County Historical Society (Museum) — 43.2 mi, 146° SE
Horseshoe Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 47.0 mi, 035° NE
Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 48.5 mi, 027° NE · 274k acres

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