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Diggins, Missouri

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Diggins Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65746. The Survey maps it on the Seymour quadrangle.

Diggins within Webster County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

20 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Diggins between 1992 and 2016, burning about 206 acres in total. None 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 burning13
Arson/incendiarism4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3

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
4 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation140097-11207-09042016-1319
4 April 1992Debris and open burning22 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
3 April 1992Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
22 April 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
21 April 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation137213-11203-04212016-1905
8 March 2001Debris and open burning6.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 March 1992Debris and open burning15 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 March 1994Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Webster County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Diggins: 9 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Lead, 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
Hazelwood DiggingsLeadPast Producer
Star MinesLead, ZincPast Producer
Teague Creek MinesLeadPast Producer
Trusty MinesLeadPast Producer
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer
Unknown - Lead & ZincLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - Lead & ZincLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - Lead & ZincLead, ZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Webster County

Storms near this place

31 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Diggins in 31 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 12 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 6 flash flood, 2 tornado. 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
August 2020Thunderstorm WindDiggins$60,000Multiple large tree limbs were reported down across town. Several reported of garage doors blown in and outbuildings damaged also occurred.
April 2007Thunderstorm WindDiggins$20,000A National Weather Service storm survey revealed that a microburst caused damage to a home and destroyed an outbuilding near Diggins.
May 2020FloodDiggins$10,000A water rescue was performed on the James River where it runs along Pleasant Hill Road. The rescue was successful and no injuries were reported. The vehicle was washed down river.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindDiggins$3,000Trees were downed and branches were snapped south of Diggins. The time was estimated via radar.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindDiggins$1,000Severe thunderstorm winds downed a tree across Highway NN, 3 miles south of Highway 60.
December 2008Thunderstorm WindDiggins$1,000Severe thunderstorm wind gusts damaged siding and the gutters on a house.
May 2025Flash FloodDiggins-Route A flooded due to heavy rainfall.
March 2023Flash FloodDiggins-Route A was closed after heavy rainfall flooded a low water area.
May 2022FloodDiggins-Highway A was closed due to flooding at a low water area.
March 2020HailDiggins-Quarter sized hail was reported.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindDiggins-Several tree limbs were blown down in a city park.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindDiggins-Several tree limbs were blown down.
August 2018Tornado (EF0)Diggins-A National Weather Service Storm Survey determined that an EF-0 tornado caused damage to tree limbs near Highway NN and Lakehill Road just south of Diggins. The tornado then crossed Highway 60 near Diggins with debris blocking highway and one uprooted tree.
August 2018Heavy RainDiggins-A viewer reported a storm total of 3.50 inches of rainfall was reported.
March 2017HailDiggins-This report was from social media with a picture.
May 2016Heavy RainDiggins-A 24 hour storm total rainfall of 4.50 inches was reported near Diggins.
May 2015Flash FloodDiggins-There was a foot of water over Pleasant Grove Road just east of Highway KK.
May 2015Flash FloodDiggins-Highway 60 was closed at Panther Creek due to flooding.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindDiggins-A tree was reported down.
May 2006Flash FloodDiggins-Several rounds of thunderstorms caused excessive rainfall across Webster County. Numerous low water crossings and low lying areas became flooded. Sections of Highway A and Highway KK became impassable, while a section of Bellford Road one mile south of Highway A experienced significant flash flooding. Turnbo Creek inundated a section of Highway B, while Panther Creek flooded a section of Highway FF north of Fordland. The Gasconade River, Cantrell Creek, and Bowen Creek also experienced significant flooding into low lying areas near these streams.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindDiggins-Thunderstorm wind gusts downed a large tree in the community of Diggins.
April 2004Flash FloodDiggins-A section of Highway 60 near the community of Diggins was inundated with flash flooding.
March 2017HailDiggins-no account filed
April 2011HailDiggins-no account filed
April 2009HailDiggins-no account filed
March 2006Tornado (F3)Diggins-no account filed
April 2004HailDiggins-no account filed
August 2003Thunderstorm WindDiggins-no account filed
April 2003HailDiggins-no account filed
August 2002Thunderstorm WindDiggins-no account filed
April 1999Thunderstorm WindDiggins-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Webster 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
Finley Falls2.5 miles14
Fordland4.7 miles14
Sarvis Point4.7 miles14
Seymour4.9 miles14
Mountain Dale5.4 miles14
Waldo5.9 miles12
Olga6.4 miles14
Lindstrew Ford7.3 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 716894. 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.