Dissen, Missouri
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Boeuf Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63068. It stands on Prairie Fork. The Survey maps it on the Dissen quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 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.
- 1890 USGS Hermann quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1936 USGS Hermann quadrangle1:48000
- 1942 USGS Hermann quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Hermann quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Dissen quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Fulton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
17 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Dissen between 2002 and 2016, burning about 80 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 was 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 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 August 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 9 April 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 24 April 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 136192-03620-04242016-1931 |
| 15 April 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 10 April 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 1 April 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 121682-03623-04012015-1125 |
| 7 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 18 March 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Dissen: 11 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Menner # 3 | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| New Haven Quarry &Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Plant # 1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dissen in 2 storm reports between 2015 and 2023: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Hail | Dissen | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Dissen | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detmold | 1.4 miles | 21 | |
| Senate Grove (historical) | 3.0 miles | 21 | |
| Kiel | 3.1 miles | 20 | |
| Baltimore Settlement | 3.9 miles | 20 | |
| New Haven | 4.5 miles | 20 | |
| Kohl City | 5.4 miles | 21 | |
| Etlah | 5.5 miles | 21 | |
| Campbellton | 6.3 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 716915. 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.










