Dent, Missouri
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Boone Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65542. The Survey maps it on the Beulah quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 20 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.
- 1937 USGS Edgar Springs quadrangle1:48000
- 1945 USGS Edgar Springs quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Beulah quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Edgar Springs quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 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
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 2004 USGS Beulah quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
30 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Dent between 1992 and 2018, burning about 410 acres in total. None started naturally. 15 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 | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.3 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | PADDY ACCESS 2 |
| 4 June 1997 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 21 May 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | CATAMOUNT |
| 14 May 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | CAMP FIRE |
| 8 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | not named |
| 6 April 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 17 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | BLUFF |
| 29 April 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | 15 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | OLD BOB |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Dent: 1 past producer. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dent in 7 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 3 tornado, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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 2018 | Tornado (EF1) | Dent | $25,000 | An EF-1 Tornado damaged a house, a vacant mobile home, and numerous trees were snapped and uprooted. The tornado developed four miles west northwest of Licking and tracked five miles along Highway 32 before lifting five miles southeast of Beulah near Sherrill. The maximum width was 50 yards and estimated wind speed up to 100 mph. |
| May 2009 | Tornado (EF1) | Dent | $25,000 | A National Weather Service storm survey revealed that an EF-1 tornado impacted a section of northeast Texas County. The tornado removed a roof from a mobile home and destroyed a barn. Numerous trees were also uprooted. |
| September 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dent | $5,000 | There were multiple power lines blown down. |
| November 2024 | Flood | Dent | - | Highway 32 at the Big Piney River was reported flooded. |
| April 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Dent | - | A National Weather Service storm survey confirmed an EF-0 tornado that tracked for six miles across northeastern Texas County from seven miles northwest of Licking and lifted about seven miles north northwest of Licking in Phelps County. The tornado was on the ground for approximately five minutes along its six mile total track with maximum wind speeds estimated at 85 mph. Numerous large trees were uprooted and damaged and lying in convergent pattern that was in a different direction than the squall line motion. Additional tree damage occurred into southern Phelps County. |
| July 2019 | Heavy Rain | Dent | - | A 24 hour rainfall of 5.50 inches was measured. |
| March 2008 | Hail | Dent | - | Nickel hail covered the ground. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kinderpost | 2.0 miles | 20 | |
| Slabtown | 2.5 miles | 19 | |
| Hazleton | 3.3 miles | 19 | |
| Edanville | 4.8 miles | 19 | |
| Sherrill | 5.7 miles | 20 | |
| Raftville (historical) | 6.7 miles | 21 | |
| Vada | 7.0 miles | 15 | |
| Ellsworth | 7.2 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740138. 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.














