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Dogwood, Missouri

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Lincoln Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65746. The Survey maps it on the Dogwood quadrangle. It stands 1,680 feet above sea level.

Dogwood within Douglas 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

28 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Dogwood between 1992 and 2005, burning about 633 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 burning20
Arson/incendiarism6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2

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
5 April 1992Arson/incendiarism19 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 April 1995Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 April 1995Arson/incendiarism31 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 April 1995Debris and open burning6.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 April 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 March 1993Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 March 1994Debris and open burning14 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
30 March 1995Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Dogwood: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Lead, Zinc, 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
Harpers MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Douglas County

Storms near this place

29 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dogwood in 29 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 14 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 5 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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 2020Thunderstorm WindDogwood$50,000Multiple reports were received from several sources across the county. Numerous trees, power lines and poles were reported down with several reports of roads closed with fallen debris. Reports were received from or near the towns of Ava, Rome, Dogwood, Brown Branch, Mt. Zion and Gentryville. Multiple State Highways were impacted with fallen debris including 76, 14, 5, K and B along with several county roads. No structural damages or injuries were reported.
May 2011Tornado (EF1)Dogwood$20,000A NWS storm survey team determined that an EF-1 tornado touched down one mile southwest of Dogwood and tracked to the northeast to the southeast of Seymour in Webster County. Numerous trees were either snapped or uprooted along that path. Several outbuildings were destroyed or damaged. One home suffered minor roof damage.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindDogwood$5,000There was damage to the antenna of a repeater which was bent over near the intersection of Highway BB and Highway 14. Several large limbs were blown down on Highway 14.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindDogwood$5,000Severe thunderstorm wind gusts destroyed a barn and damaged numerous trees near the intersection of Buckbrush Road and Harmony Road.
February 2001Thunderstorm WindDogwood$5,000no account filed
June 2012Thunderstorm WindDogwood$4,000Several trees were blown down.
May 2024HailDogwood-Golf ball size hail reported on West 14 Highway near Dogwood.
December 2024Flash FloodDogwood-A school bus got stuck in flood waters on County Road 557 at the Stewart Creek bridge. Two students had to be rescued from the school bus.
May 2022HailDogwood-Quarter sized hail was reported.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindDogwood-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindDogwood-A large tree was uprooted.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindDogwood-A large tree was uprooted.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindDogwood-Trees were reported down on Highway 14 at Dogwood Hill.
April 2013Flash FloodDogwood-A picture from social media showed fast moving water over Highway Z near the Webster and Douglas County line.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindDogwood-Nickel sized hail and estimated wind gusts up to 60 mph was reported.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindDogwood-A tree was blown down on Highway 14 near Dogwood.
June 2008Flash FloodDogwood-Two to four inches of rain fell over Douglas County. Widespread flash flooding occurred within low lying roads and numerous low water crossings. A few locations that experienced flooding included city streets in the community of Ava, a section of Highway Y west of Ava, a section of Highway FF east of its intersection with Highway 14, numerous sections of Highway U, a section of Highway EE, and a section of Highway 95 near the Ozark County border.
March 2008FloodDogwood-Widespread flooding occurred over Douglas County. Specific locations that were impacted included a section of Highway FF east of Ava, a section of Highway Y west of Ava, and a section of Highway EE east of Vanzant.
April 2008Flash FloodDogwood-Two to four inches of rain fell over Webster County. All low areas that typically flood during periods of excessive rainfall were flooded.
September 2008Flash FloodDogwood-Two to five inches of rain fell over Douglas County resulting in widespread flooding of small streams and creeks. The western section of the county experienced the greatest amount of rain, while the eastern edge of the county only experienced around two inches. Specific locations that were flooded included a section of Highway B north of Ava, downtown Ava, a section of Highway N north of Ava, and nearly all low water crossings across much of the county.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindDogwood-Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed a tree along Highway K blocking the road.
November 1995Thunderstorm WindDogwood-Thunderstorm winds downed trees from Dogwood to Good Hope.
January 2008HailDogwood-no account filed
June 2007Funnel CloudDogwood-no account filed
April 2006HailDogwood-no account filed
November 2003Thunderstorm WindDogwood-no account filed
March 2003HailDogwood-no account filed
May 2002HailDogwood-no account filed
May 2000HailDogwood-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Douglas 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
Depew2.0 miles14
Johns Mills (historical)3.2 miles14
Tigris3.3 miles14
Arden3.9 miles12
Ongo4.7 miles13
Granada5.1 miles15
Red Bank6.9 miles12
Zenda7.4 miles15

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 DogwoodAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q18149907The 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 716961. 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.