Dees Town, Missouri
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Williams Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63967. It stands on Marler Branch. The Survey maps it on the Piedmont SE quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 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.
- 1932 USGS Piedmont quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1935 USGS Piedmont quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Piedmont SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Piedmont quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
101 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 101 fires within 5 miles of Dees Town between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,269 acres in total. None started naturally. 80 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 80 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | WAKEUP |
| 19 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | SALTBOX |
| 14 September 1999 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | POWERLINE |
| 13 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | SOLID ROCK |
| 30 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | SAWDUST |
| 8 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | CHILDS HOLLOW |
| 8 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 11 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | BIG BULL |
| 8 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | LITTLE BULL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 86 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 86 workings within 5 miles of Dees Town: 61 past producers, 17 prospects, 8 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Usfs Land | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Usfs Land | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Usfs Land | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Usfs Land | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Alley Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Alley Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1907 | |
| Bank # 1 | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Bingham Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Bingham-Harness&Lundry-Eads-Sawyer- | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Bob Raggin Jr. Wilson | Iron | Past Producer | 1914 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barlow (historical) | 4.6 miles | 17 | |
| Kerrigan (historical) | 4.8 miles | 17 | |
| Ladero | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| Williamsville | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Old Greenville (historical) | 5.7 miles | 19 | |
| Browns Crossing | 6.3 miles | 13 | |
| Taskee Station (historical) | 6.5 miles | 13 | |
| Holliday Landing | 6.5 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 730473. 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.












