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Dupo, Illinois

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Sugar Loaf Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62239. The Survey maps it on the Cahokia quadrangle.

Dupo within St. Clair County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 27 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

1 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Dupo in 2014, burning about 1 acre in total. None started naturally. None was 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
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
22 March 2014Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Clair County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 31 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Dupo: 24 past producers, 4 plants, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Alpha PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Superior Dredge and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Allen QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Casper Stolle Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Columbia Quarry & Mill #9Stone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Columbia Quarry No. 1Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
East St. Louis QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Eyerman Brothers Quarry Number OneStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in St. Clair County

Storms near this place

20 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dupo in 20 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 8 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2024Thunderstorm WindDupo$50,000With this storm, and airline pilot measured an 81 mph wind gust at an aviation flight park near Millstadt. This storm was responsible for trees on homes in Dupo and Swansea. It also knocked down multiple trees and tree limbs in Belleville. By the time the storm reached Scott Air Force Base, wind gusts dropped to 61 mph as measured by the KBLV AWOS.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindDupo$10,000Thunderstorm winds downed a few power lines on Main Street in Dupo.
April 1994Thunderstorm WindDupo$500Several large trees were knocked down in Dupo and wind gusts as high as 70 mph were reported by ham radio spotters in Belleville. Quarter-size hail was also reported in Freeburg and dime-size hail was reported in Mascoutah.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindDupo-Thunderstorm winds caused damage to trees and outbuildings.
October 2012Thunderstorm WindDupo-Thunderstorm winds blew down a power pole and several power lines.
April 2003Thunderstorm WindDupo-Storm spotters reported several large trees and power lines down.
June 2003Tornado (F0)Dupo-A tornado first caused damage just west of Highway 3 north of Dupo. The roof of one home was partially removed while several large trees were snapped at the base or uprooted. The roof of a nearby garage was also lifted off and tossed 80 yards across Highway 3. The next significant damage occurred along McBride Ave. Four homes suffered roof damage and four mobile homes were damaged with two of them considered destroyed. The tornado crossed Interstate 255 and blew over a tractor trailer truck. The final damage area was just east of I-255 along Stolle Road where several large trees were uprooted or snapped off at the base.
September 2001Thunderstorm WindDupo-The Sheriff's department reported trees down.
April 1994HailDupo-Dime-size hail was reported along with wind gusts to 40 mph in Dupo. Trees were also blown down in Floraville damaging several homes while one-inch hail was reported in Millstadt.
June 2019HailDupo-no account filed
June 2018HailNorth Dupo-no account filed
February 2017HailDupo-no account filed
July 2012HailDupo-no account filed
May 2008HailDupo-no account filed
August 2005Thunderstorm WindDupo-no account filed
September 2005Thunderstorm WindDupo-no account filed
May 2003HailDupo-no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindDupo-no account filed
July 2000HailDupo-no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindDupo-no account filed

Every storm recorded in St. Clair 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
Sugarloaf Heights1.4 miles20
Falling Spring1.7 miles27
Bixby1.7 miles20
Phelps1.9 miles20
Vulcan1.9 miles27
East Carondelet2.1 miles27
North Dupo2.4 miles27
Stolle2.9 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 426318. 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.