Desloge, Missouri
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Randolph Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63601. It stands on Owl Creek. The Survey maps it on the Flat River quadrangle. 4,823 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 807 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresDesloge fell from 5,054 to 4,823 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5,054 | |
| 2020 | 4,823 | -231 (-5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 21 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.
- 1905 USGS Bonne Terre quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1905 USGS Bonneterre quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Bonne Terre quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Flat River quadrangle1:24000, 4 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 Farmington quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Farmington quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
11 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Desloge between 1992 and 2013, burning about 135 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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 | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 April 1993 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 27 April 1993 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 11 April 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 10 April 1992 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | not named |
| 22 March 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 17 March 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 10 March 1992 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 28 February 1992 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 94 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 94 workings within 5 miles of Desloge: 86 past producers, 8 producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper, Zinc, Zinc, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonne Terre | Lead, Copper, Nickel, Cobalt | Past Producer | 1821 | |
| Bonne Terre Mill | Dolomite | Producer | ||
| Bonne Terre Mine | Lead, Copper, Zinc, Cobalt, Nickel | Past Producer | 1864, 1868 | |
| Bonne Terre Quarry and Mill | Magnesite | Producer | ||
| Flat River Sub-District | Lead, Zinc, Silver | Past Producer | 1742 | |
| Leadwood Plant | Stone | Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay Kaolin | Kaolin | Past Producer | ||
| Desloge Mines | Lead, Copper | Producer | 1801 | |
| Flat River | Lead, Copper, Zinc, Cadmium, Cobalt, Nickel | Past Producer | 1890 | |
| Hazel Run Mines | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Desloge in 7 storm reports between 1994 and 2006: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 1994 | Hail | Desloge | $5,000 | Golf ball-size hail was reported at two area radio stations. Large hail was also reported in Park Hills. |
| July 2006 | Hail | Desloge | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Desloge | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Desloge | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Desloge | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Desloge | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Desloge | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cantwell | 0.8 miles | 21 | |
| Highley Heights | 0.9 miles | 21 | |
| Fairview Acres | 0.9 miles | 21 | |
| Saint Francois | 1.1 miles | 21 | |
| Park Hills | 1.2 miles | 21 | |
| Flat River | 1.5 miles | 21 | |
| Rivermines | 1.6 miles | 21 | |
| Gumbo | 2.0 miles | 21 |
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 Desloge | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q963845 | 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 755987. 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.














