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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 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.
- 1886 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1947 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Joplin West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Joplin West quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
121 words on this townshipThe 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 1992Regional 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 burning | 39 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 2 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 148 |
| 17 August 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177462-07341-08172018-1253 |
| 12 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 156 |
| 6 July 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 138 |
| 5 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 137 |
| 24 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179008-07341-07242019-1600 |
| 15 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 141 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 651 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Klondike Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Opossum Hollow Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Belleville Strip Pit | Zinc | Past Producer | 1900 | |
| Unknown | Zinc | Past Producer | 1890, 1916 | |
| W. C. Mine | Zinc | Past Producer | 1926, 1942 | |
| 1915 Mine West Shafts | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| A. W. C. # 1 Mine | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| A. W. C. # 3 Mine | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| A. W. C. Mine | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Abc Mine | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central City | 1.6 miles | 19 | |
| Belle Center | 2.0 miles | 19 | |
| Belleville | 3.0 miles | 19 | |
| Iron Gates | 3.4 miles | 19 | |
| Chitwood | 3.5 miles | 19 | |
| Klondike | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| Blendville (historical) | 4.8 miles | 19 | |
| West Joplin | 5.0 miles | 19 |
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.










