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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.

Dissen within Franklin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

17 since 2002

Regional 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 burning5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
23 August 2005Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
9 April 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
24 April 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresMissouri Department of Conservation136192-03620-04242016-1931
15 April 2006Naturalunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
10 April 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
1 April 2015Equipment and vehicle use15 acresMissouri Department of Conservation121682-03623-04012015-1125
7 March 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
18 March 2005Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Menner # 3Fire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Unknown - ClayFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Unknown - ClayFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Unknown - ClayFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
New Haven Quarry &MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Plant # 1Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Franklin County

Storms near this place

2 since 2015

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2023HailDissen-no account filed
April 2015HailDissen-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Franklin 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
Detmold1.4 miles21
Senate Grove (historical)3.0 miles21
Kiel3.1 miles20
Baltimore Settlement3.9 miles20
New Haven4.5 miles20
Kohl City5.4 miles21
Etlah5.5 miles21
Campbellton6.3 miles20

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.