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Dorena Landing, Missouri

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1985. It stands in James Bayou Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63845. The Survey maps it on the Hickman quadrangle.

Dorena Landing within Mississippi County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

21 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Dorena Landing between 1999 and 2017, burning about 127 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
24 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryKUDZU
24 August 1999Equipment and vehicle use50 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
10 April 2017Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBROWNSVILLE
6 March 2010Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
3 March 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
3 March 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
28 March 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 March 2014Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHICKMAN CITY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mississippi County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Dorena Landing: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Graphite. 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
Carborundum Co/ Hickman, Ky.GraphiteProducer
Emma D. DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Mississippi 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
Dorena2.4 miles17
Three States3.9 miles13
Wolf Island10.7 miles18
Pinhook11.8 miles11
Thirtyfour Corner13.3 miles16
Belmont Landing13.6 miles16
Pulltight14.7 miles11
Crosno14.9 miles16

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.

Wikidata item Q122547857The 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 740812. 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.