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Dubuque, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Galena Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64804. The Survey maps it on the Joplin West quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Dubuque within Jasper County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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.

In the county-history sources

121 words on this township

The History of Jasper County, Missouri : Including a Condensed History of the State, a Complete History of Carthage and Joplin, Other Towns and Townships : Together with Numerous Portraits of Prominent Men : Cuts of Elegant Residences and Public Buildings : a Sectional Map of the County : Biographical Sketches of Many Enterprising Farmers, Merchants, Mechanics, Professional, and Business Men : the Constitution of the State : an Abstract of Laws : an Elaborate History of Jasper County - Its Topography, Natural History, Pioneers, Organization, Political History, Courts and Bar, Religious, Educational, Medical, Agricultural, Mining, and Horticultural, Its Commercial and Business Interests, Etc, published 1883 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Galena Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Galena Township - 121 words.

Fires near this place

80 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Dubuque (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 881 acres in total. 1 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
Debris and open burning39
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking3
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
6 August 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 August 2018Debris and open burning2.0 acresKansas Forest Service148
17 August 2018Naturalunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177462-07341-08172018-1253
12 August 2015Debris and open burning5.0 acresKansas Forest Service156
6 July 2015Debris and open burning5.0 acresKansas Forest Service138
5 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKansas Forest Service137
24 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179008-07341-07242019-1600
15 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKansas Forest Service141

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jasper County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 651 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 651 workings within 5 miles of Dubuque (historical): 651 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Zinc, Lead, Zinc, Clay. 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
Klondike PitClayPast Producer
Opossum Hollow QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Belleville Strip PitZincPast Producer1900
UnknownZincPast Producer1890, 1916
W. C. MineZincPast Producer1926, 1942
1915 Mine West ShaftsZinc, LeadPast Producer
A. W. C. # 1 MineZinc, LeadPast Producer
A. W. C. # 3 MineZinc, LeadPast Producer
A. W. C. MineZinc, LeadPast Producer
Abc MineZinc, LeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jasper 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
Central City1.6 miles19
Belle Center2.0 miles19
Belleville3.0 miles19
Iron Gates3.4 miles19
Chitwood3.5 miles19
Klondike4.3 miles18
Blendville (historical)4.8 miles19
West Joplin5.0 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2831505. 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.