Dameron, Missouri
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Hurricane Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63343. It stands on Dry Fork. The Survey maps it on the Elsberry quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1934 USGS Elsberry quadrangle1:62500
- 1934 USGS Elsberry quadrangle1:48000
- 1942 USGS Elsberry quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1975 USGS Elsberry quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Jerseyville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
450 words on this townshipHistory of Lincoln County, Missouri, from the Earliest Time to the Present, published 1888 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Hurricane Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Hurricane Township - 450 words.
Fires near this place
8 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Dameron between 1996 and 2015, burning about 178 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 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 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Great Rivers National Wildlife Refuge | LEVEE (GUYTON) |
| 13 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 122150-02379-04132015-1100 |
| 7 March 1997 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 30 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Great Rivers National Wildlife Refuge | NATURE TRAIL WILDFIRE |
| 12 March 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Great Rivers National Wildlife Refuge | SWLVE |
| 10 March 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Great Rivers National Wildlife Refuge | BYANTS CREEK |
| 1 November 2000 | Natural | 40 acres | Great Rivers National Wildlife Refuge | ABC |
| 6 October 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Dameron: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Quarries | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dameron in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2013: 4 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Flood | Dameron | $1,600,000 | Lincoln County was the area most affected by the Mississippi River flood of 2008. At Winfield, the river crested at 37.08 feet on 6/27/2008. This is the second highest crest ever recorded. All of the land east of Highway 79 was flooded. At the height of the flood, Highway 79 also went underwater near Old Monroe, Winfield, Foley, and Elsberry. Almost all of Foley went underwater. The southeast part of Winfield, about 100 homes, flooded when the Pin Oak levee failed. In Old Monroe, the waste water treatment plant was flooded by water from the Cuivre River, which was back water from the flooded Mississippi. According to damage assessments made by local emergency management officials, 814 homes were affected. 742 were destroyed, 36 suffered major damage, and 36 were affected. Damage to public infrastructure was estimated at $1,600,000. |
| April 2013 | Flood | Dameron | $50,000 | The Mississippi River rose to major flood levels along the border with Lincoln County. The river crested on 23rd, but remained above flood stage into May. The only major damage occurred in Winfield. A levee failure resulted in the flooding of about 20 homes on the east side of Highway 79 in the Winfield Acres area. |
| June 2013 | Flood | Dameron | $3,000 | The Mississippi River started June in flood and hit major flood levels cresting on the 2nd. The river fell the rest of the month but remained in flood into July. Damage was limited to some flooded roads and flooded farmland. |
| June 2010 | Flood | Dameron | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elsberry | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Old Westport Landing | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| New Hope | 6.6 miles | 12 | |
| Apex | 7.8 miles | 12 | |
| Sterling Landing | 9.2 miles | 15 | |
| Oasis | 9.8 miles | 15 | |
| Kings Lake | 10.8 miles | 15 | |
| Okete | 10.8 miles | 13 |
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 Dameron | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27985733 | 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 740792. 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.






