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Drynob, Missouri

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Osage Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65536. It stands on Core Creek. The Survey maps it on the Drynob quadrangle.

Drynob within Laclede 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

93 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Drynob between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,302 acres in total. None started naturally. 57 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
Arson/incendiarism57
Debris and open burning22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1

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
2 September 1999Arson/incendiarism30 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
28 August 2000Arson/incendiarism30 acresMark Twain National ForestPERSISTANT
28 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
20 August 2001Arson/incendiarism24 acresMark Twain National ForestSOUTH
20 August 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMark Twain National ForestBALE
15 August 2012Debris and open burning31 acresMark Twain National ForestFALCON
8 May 1992Debris and open burning18 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 May 1992Debris and open burning4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Laclede County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Drynob: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Laclede County

Storms near this place

11 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Drynob in 11 storm reports between 2004 and 2025: 6 hail, 2 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
January 2008Thunderstorm WindDrynob$25,000Down burst winds associated with a severe thunderstorm caused significant damage to one home and downed several trees.
October 2025HailDrynob-Quarter sized hail was reported.
February 2018FloodDrynob-Highway B was closed due to flooding.
May 2017Tornado (EF1)Drynob-A NWS storm survey confirmed an EF-1 tornado tracked about 2 miles across rural Laclede County near the Drynob area. Numerous trees were uprooted along the path. Estimated maximum wind speed was up to 90 mph.
April 2017Flash FloodDrynob-Route B was impassable and closed due to flooding.
April 2011FloodDrynob-Highway B was closed due to flooding.
April 2013HailDrynob-no account filed
December 2010HailDrynob-no account filed
March 2009HailDrynob-no account filed
April 2008HailDrynob-no account filed
May 2004HailDrynob-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Laclede 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
Abo3.9 miles17
Falcon4.6 miles17
Lyons5.7 miles17
Oakland5.8 miles14
Casey Ford5.8 miles17
Brownfield5.9 miles17
Harrill Ford5.9 miles17
Jacksonville5.9 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 749740. 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.