BlockDumas, Missouri
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1958 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Sweet Home Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63465. It stands on Dumas Creek. The Survey maps it on the Croton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1958 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Croton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Dumas between 1992 and 2014, burning about 34 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 July 2012 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 June 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 March 1992 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Dumas: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vincennes Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Argyle Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Argyle Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| T.E. Driscoll Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dumas in 1 storm report in 2019: 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2019 | Flood | Dumas | - | The Des Moines River rose above the major flood stage of 25 feet in the late evening hours May 28th, and crested at 845 AM CST May 29 at 27.87 feet. It feel back below major flood stage late afternoon May 30th. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revere | 2.9 miles | 17 | |
| Peaksville | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Waterloo | 5.3 miles | 17 | |
| Athens | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Saint Francisville | 5.6 miles | 17 | |
| Clark City | 7.3 miles | 17 | |
| Anson | 7.9 miles | 12 | |
| Kahoka | 8.3 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 731706. 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.