Damsel, Missouri
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Osage Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65065. It sits by Lyons Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Camdenton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 22 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.
- 1888 USGS Versailles quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Versailles quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1932 USGS Versailles No 4 quadrangle1:48000
- 1934 USGS Camdenton quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Camdenton quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Camdenton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Lake Of The Ozarks quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
128 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 128 fires within 5 miles of Damsel between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,116 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 68 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 44 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179146-01509-09202019-2005 |
| 1 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179044-01509-09012019-1937 |
| 24 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178207-01509-08242018-1853 |
| 6 July 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 July 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 July 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 July 2018 | Fireworks | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178220-01509-07042018-1820 |
| 4 July 1993 | Debris and open burning | 2,245 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 36 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Damsel: 33 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc, Barium-Barite, Lead, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carters Ozark S&G Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown - Barite-Cu-Lead-Zinc | Barium-Barite, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Anderson Diggings | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Bilyen Bank | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| C L Asa Diggings | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Floyd Mine | Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Toler Bank | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead-Zinc-Barite | Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Willard Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
14 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Damsel in 14 storm reports between 2017 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 flood, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2017 | Flood | Damsel | $500,000 | Several homes and roads sustained flood damage across the county. This report will contain the total dollar estimate for flood damage to infrastructure, businesses, and homes across Camden County. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Damsel | $50,000 | A boat dock was damage at the Moorings Yacht Club on Lake of the Ozarks. Electrical connections from the dock were pulled out of the ground. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Damsel | $30,000 | Multiple trees and powerlines were reported down. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Damsel | $20,000 | Several trees were blown down on Nichols Road in Osage Beach. A few trees were uprooted and fell onto houses. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Damsel | $3,000 | Several large trees were down. One tree was on a power line along Highway KK. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Damsel | - | Report of hen egg size hail. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Damsel | - | Ping pong ball sized hail was reported in a mostly rural area. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Damsel | - | Golf ball sized hail was reported. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Damsel | - | Golf ball sized hail was reported. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Damsel | - | Quarter sized hail was reported MPing. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Damsel | - | Several trees were reported down near the intersection of Dude Ranch Road and Ledges Drive. |
| October 2019 | Heavy Rain | Damsel | - | The CoCoRaHS station mo-cm-23 near Osage Beach reported 3.52 inches of rainfall. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Damsel | - | Several trees were blown down near Case Road and Osage Beach Parkway. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Damsel | - | A tree was blown down across Nichols Road near the Sycamore Golf Course in Osage Beach. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laguna Beach | 2.5 miles | 25 | |
| Old Linn Creek | 3.6 miles | 22 | |
| Green Bay Terrace | 4.0 miles | 22 | |
| Friedenswald | 4.4 miles | 22 | |
| Osage Beach | 4.7 miles | 22 | |
| Linn Creek | 5.1 miles | 22 | |
| Passover | 5.2 miles | 22 | |
| Hurricane Deck | 5.7 miles | 22 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122553458 | 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 740793. 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.











