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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.

Dent within Texas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 20 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

30 since 1992

Regional 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/incendiarism15
Debris and open burning9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
13 September 1995Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.3 acresMark Twain National ForestPADDY ACCESS 2
4 June 1997Debris and open burning20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
21 May 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMark Twain National ForestCATAMOUNT
14 May 2001Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMark Twain National ForestCAMP FIRE
8 April 1992Debris and open burning2.0 acresMark Twain National Forestnot named
6 April 2004Arson/incendiarism17 acresMark Twain National ForestBLUFF
29 April 2000Recreation and ceremony15 acresMark Twain National ForestOLD BOB

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Texas County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Texas County

Storms near this place

7 since 2008

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2018Tornado (EF1)Dent$25,000An 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 2009Tornado (EF1)Dent$25,000A 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 2016Thunderstorm WindDent$5,000There were multiple power lines blown down.
November 2024FloodDent-Highway 32 at the Big Piney River was reported flooded.
April 2019Tornado (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 2019Heavy RainDent-A 24 hour rainfall of 5.50 inches was measured.
March 2008HailDent-Nickel hail covered the ground.

Every storm recorded in Texas County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Kinderpost2.0 miles20
Slabtown2.5 miles19
Hazleton3.3 miles19
Edanville4.8 miles19
Sherrill5.7 miles20
Raftville (historical)6.7 miles21
Vada7.0 miles15
Ellsworth7.2 miles15

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.