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Dunn, Missouri

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Clinton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65711. It lies near Lead Hill. The Survey maps it on the Cabool NW quadrangle. It stands 1,503 feet above sea level.

Dunn within Texas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Dunn between 1992 and 2014, burning about 193 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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
Debris and open burning12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism2
Natural1

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
19 April 2002Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 April 1992Natural2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 March 2000Debris and open burning12 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 March 1992Debris and open burning4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
28 March 1993Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
23 March 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
20 March 1995Arson/incendiarism65 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
19 March 1995Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Texas County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Dunn: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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
Mountain Grove QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Stubbs QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Texas County

Storms near this place

13 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dunn in 13 storm reports between 1995 and 2022: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 flash flood, 2 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
May 2009Tornado (EF0)Dunn$50,000A National Weather Service storm survey revealed that an EF-0 tornado tracked across rural sections of southwest Texas County. The tornado damaged several outbuildings, while significant tree damage also occurred.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindDunn$40,000Several power lines and poles were reported down causing power outages to around 2000 customers.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindDunn$2,000no account filed
May 2022HailDunn-Dime to quarter sized hail was reported.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindDunn-Several trees were reported down along Highway MM.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindDunn-Numerous trees were reported down between the southeast side of Mountain Grove and Cabool.
September 2018Flash FloodDunn-Route EE was closed due to flooding along the North Fork River in southwest Texas County.
May 2016FloodDunn-Rouute EE was flooded southwest of Cabool.
June 2016FloodDunn-The low water crossing near the North Fork Creek and Highway EE was flooded and impassable.
December 2008Flash FloodDunn-Several roads were flooded near Highway 60 at the Dunn Exit.
August 1995Thunderstorm WindDunn-Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Dawson and near Dunn.
April 2003HailDunn-no account filed
September 1997HailDunn-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Texas 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
Cabool4.9 miles18
Cedar Bluff5.4 miles18
Gravel Point (historical)5.9 miles14
Fowler6.5 miles14
Hurst8.6 miles15
Sargent9.4 miles18
Bado9.5 miles14
Elk Creek10.8 miles18

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.

Wikipedia article on DunnAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q28089603The 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 735586. 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.