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Duncans Bridge, Missouri

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Woodlawn Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63437. The Survey maps it on the Duncans Bridge quadrangle.

Duncans Bridge within Monroe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 10 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

20 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Duncans Bridge between 2007 and 2020, burning about 346 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
Debris and open burning9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking2

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
14 September 2007Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
24 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.8 acresMissouri Department of Conservation190445-06902-04242020-1644
21 April 2007Debris and open burning20 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
8 March 2017Debris and open burning25 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 March 2016Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation133908-06949-03062016-1148
31 March 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined11 acresMissouri Department of Conservation190446-06902-03312020-1300
21 March 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined60 acresMissouri Department of Conservation190447-06902-03212020-1718
19 March 2017Smoking20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monroe County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Duncans Bridge: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
InknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Monroe County

Storms near this place

2 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Duncans Bridge in 2 storm reports between 1995 and 2016: 1 tornado, 1 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 1995Tornado (F1)Duncans Bridge$4,500This is a continuation of the tornado that tracked through Moberly, MO. It continued its northeast movement and entered western Monroe County southwest of Duncans Bridge around 1805 CST. Several farm buildings were damaged in this area, including a barn, grain bin, machine shed, and power lines. The tornado crossed into southern Shelby County about 8 miles south of Clarence at 1812 CST and crossed Highway 36 around 1827 CST. Along County Road K west of Shelbyville, several trees and power lines were knocked over or snapped off. The tornado lifted over open ground to the west of Shelbyville around 1842 CST. It continued to produce funnel clouds into neighboring counties and debris was carried some 100 to 150 miles northeast. There were no known injuries.
August 2016Flash FloodDuncans Bridge-Up to 6 inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. Numerous roads were flooded across the western half of the county. Highway 15 was closed due to flooding from Paris southward to the Monroe/Audrain County line. U.S. Highway 24 was flooded at intersection with Route A.

Every storm recorded in Monroe 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
Woodlawn2.7 miles8
Ash4.4 miles10
Madison7.6 miles15
Granville8.9 miles9
Evansville8.9 miles15
Holliday9.1 miles15
Fowkes12.0 miles18
Middle Grove12.5 miles15

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122556902The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 729304. 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.