BlockDawson, Missouri
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Van Buren Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65711. The Survey maps it on the Dawson quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1931 USGS Manes quadrangle1:48000
- 1941 USGS Manes quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Manes quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Mountain Grove quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Dawson quadrangle1:24000
- 2004 USGS Dawson quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
16 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Dawson between 1992 and 2014, burning about 101 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 14 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 August 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 10 April 1993 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 March 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 29 March 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 27 March 2001 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
16 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dawson in 16 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 3 hail, 2 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Dawson | $100,000 | A National Weather Service storm survey revealed that an EF-1 tornado tracked over rural areas north of Mountain Grove causing damage to a few barns and outbuildings. |
| April 2018 | Tornado (EF1) | Dawson | $25,000 | An EF-1 tornado with a maximum width of 75 yards and estimated maximum wind speed up to 100 mph tracked approximately 5 miles across eastern rural Wright County. Numerous trees and outbuildings were damaged. |
| May 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Dawson | $15,000 | A NWS Storm Survey found that an EF-1 tornado with maximum wind speeds of 100 mph caused extensive tree damage with numerous trees uprooted or snapped in Wright County before the tornado continued into Texas County. |
| August 2018 | Lightning | Dawson | $10,000 | Lightning struck a motor home resulting in a fire off Highway 95 and Nettleton Drive, just north of Mountain Grove, Mo. The time of the strike was estimated from radar and lightning plots. |
| May 2009 | Flash Flood | Dawson | $10,000 | Beaver Creek flooded a section of Boulder Road. A water rescue was performed at this location as two occupants in a vehicle drove into the water and became stranded. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Dawson | $10,000 | Baseball size hail broke two car windshields. |
| May 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Dawson | $5,000 | An EF-0 tornado briefly touched down about one mile north of Dawson. There was damage to several trees and one home had roof damage. Estimated maximum winds were up to 85 mph. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dawson | $2,000 | There was damage to a barn and large limbs blown down. |
| June 2019 | Heavy Rain | Dawson | - | The public reported 3.15 inches of rain since midnight. They indicated that several creeks and streams were out of their banks. |
| March 2016 | Hail | Dawson | - | A picture of the hail was from social media. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dawson | - | Dawson Archery and Reloading estimated at least 60 mph wind gusts. |
| December 2008 | Flash Flood | Dawson | - | Several low water crossings became flooded and impassable to motorists due to excessive rainfall. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dawson | - | Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed several trees. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dawson | - | Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed a tree blocking Route 95. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Dawson | - | no account filed |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dawson | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antler (historical) | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Rail | 3.0 miles | 17 | |
| Rayborn | 4.2 miles | 17 | |
| Graff | 4.4 miles | 17 | |
| Latham Mill | 4.7 miles | 16 | |
| Green Mountain | 5.5 miles | 17 | |
| Talmage | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| Owens | 5.7 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 Dawson | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28368586 | 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 749594. 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.
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.