Dormis, Missouri
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Richland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65637. It lies near Ruth Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Cureall NW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 14 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.
- 1944 USGS Cureall quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1946 USGS Cureall quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Cureall NW quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Ava quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 2004 USGS Cureall NW quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
50 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Dormis between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,604 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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 burning | 30 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 17 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 11 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 9.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 24 August 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 18 August 1995 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 28 July 2012 | Natural | 1,126 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | POTATO CAVE |
| 9 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 241132-04633-04092020-2119 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Dormis: 9 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Zinc, Lead, Zinc. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sharp Mine | Zinc | Past Producer | 1893 | |
| Unknown - Lead-Zinc | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Collins Land | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Everett Mahan Prospect | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| J C Bond Prospect | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| John Skiles | Iron | Prospect | 1953 | |
| South Missouri Land Co Number One | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dormis in 2 storm reports between 2014 and 2019: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dormis | - | A large tree was reported down near Highway H and County Road 337. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dormis | - | There was a public report of wind gusts estimated up to 60 mph. |
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.
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 Q122540771 | 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 733821. 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.










