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Dorena, 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 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

10 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Dorena between 1999 and 2010, burning about 64 acres 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/undetermined7
Equipment and vehicle use1
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 1999Equipment and vehicle use50 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 March 2010Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
3 March 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
22 March 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
12 March 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
10 March 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
29 February 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
27 February 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

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: 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

Storms near this place

9 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dorena in 9 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2021Tornado (EF1)Dorena$85,000The tornado began in open farmland, where it uprooted and snapped several large trees along Highway 77, then proceeded east-northeast toward the Mississippi River, damaging a pivot sprinkler system and totally destroying an equipment shed near the levee. Many trees on the east side of the levee had trunks and limbs snapped, and some trees were uprooted. To the south of the tornado path, sporadic straight-line wind damage occurred to trees along Highway A (a levee road) and along County Road 507 (a levee road). Peak winds were estimated near 105 mph.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindDorena$15,000A pivot irrigation system was tipped over by a thunderstorm outflow. Time estimated by radar.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindDorena$3,000Two large hickory trees were downed at Big Oak Tree State Park.
March 2025FloodDorena-Late February flooding continued into early March along the Mississippi River at Hickman. Minor flooding of some low-lying agricultural land continued near Hickman. River levels fell just below flood stage in the early afternoon on the 1st.
November 2025Thunderstorm WindDorena-Recorded measurement from personal weather station EW4994 Dorena as thunderstorms tracked southeastward through southern Mississippi County.
May 2024FloodDorena-Minor flooding of low-lying areas across from Hickman occurred mid-month.
April 2013FloodDorena-Minor to moderate flooding occurred along the Mississippi River. There was extensive flooding of low-lying fields, and county roads were closed. The Dorena-Hickman Ferry was closed due to high water over the landing at Hickman, Kentucky. The ferry connects Highway 1354 at Hickman, Kentucky with Missouri Route A and Route 77 near Dorena, Missouri. The flooding continued into May.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindDorena-A spotter reported trees were down.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindDorena-no account filed

Every storm 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
Three States2.0 miles13
Dorena Landing2.4 miles17
Wolf Island8.6 miles18
Pinhook9.3 miles11
Thirtyfour Corner11.2 miles16
Belmont Landing12.0 miles16
Pulltight12.3 miles11
Crosno12.9 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 716988. 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.