BlockDogwood, Missouri
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Long Prairie Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63845. The Survey maps it on the East Prairie quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1939 USGS Charleston quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Charleston quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Dyersburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1969 USGS East Prairie quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sikeston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Dogwood in 2019, burning under an acre in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179342-06732-07042019-1525 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dogwood in 6 storm reports between 1996 and 2017: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Dogwood | $200,000 | The tornado moved east from New Madrid County, passing across sparsely populated farmland before lifting about three miles north-northeast of Anniston. Significant roof damage occurred to a house, and its attached garage was destroyed. A barn was heavily damaged, and numerous irrigation systems were blown over. Dozens of trees were damaged or uprooted. Numerous power poles were snapped. Peak winds in the Mississippi County portion of the damage path were estimated near 100 mph. |
| January 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dogwood | $100,000 | A large metal machine shop was destroyed in the community of Dogwood. Debris from the shop was scattered across a field east of Highway B. The roof of a nearby house received some damage. At the Dogwood Cemetery, a section of heavy chain-link fence was blown down, and 83 tombstones were blown over. Five to six utility poles were down along Highway 105 east of Dogwood. Much of the town of East Prairie was without power until early afternoon on the 22nd. A building was damaged and irrigation equipment was flipped over just north of Charleston. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dogwood | $7,000 | A barn was destroyed, and numerous trees were down. Minor roof damage occurred to a house. |
| November 2002 | Hail | Dogwood | - | A severe thunderstorm produced large hail, from the size of quarters at East Prairie to nearly golf-ball size at Dogwood. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Dogwood | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dogwood | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Prairie | 4.8 miles | 11 | |
| Whiting | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Airline Acres | 5.3 miles | 11 | |
| Bertrand | 5.8 miles | 11 | |
| Buckeye | 5.8 miles | 11 | |
| Never Spur (historical) | 6.1 miles | 11 | |
| Anniston | 6.7 miles | 11 | |
| Pulltight | 7.7 miles | 11 |
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 Dogwood | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27986018 | 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 739985. 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.
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.