Doss, Missouri
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Franklin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65560. The Survey maps it on the Doss quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 18 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.
- 1941 USGS Stone Hill quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1945 USGS Stone Hill quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Doss quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
84 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Doss between 1992 and 2020, burning about 815 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 58 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 August 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 2 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 2 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 16 July 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 11 July 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 20 May 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Doss: 15 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smith Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Hayes Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Hayes Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Jamison Bank | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Jamison Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Underground | |
| Orchard Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Riverside - Ziegler Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Stephens - Woodside Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Surface/Underground | |
| Stephens-Woodside Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Doss in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Doss | $15,000 | Straight line thunderstorm winds destroyed a pole barn. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Doss | $5,000 | Trees and branches were down on CR5080 and Highway 19 south of Salem. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Doss | - | Golf ball sized hail fell in a rural portion of the county and was reported by law enforcement. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Doss | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 755476. 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.












