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Dunnegan, Missouri

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Campbell Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65640. It stands on Campbell Branch. The Survey maps it on the Fair Play quadrangle. It stands 935 feet above sea level.

Dunnegan within Polk 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

55 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Dunnegan between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,455 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 burning36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Arson/incendiarism5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking1

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 1997Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 August 1997Equipment and vehicle use30 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 August 1994Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
23 August 1995Smoking2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 July 1994Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 July 1994Debris and open burning6.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
26 July 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179026-08403-07262019-1745
23 April 1993Debris and open burning20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Dunnegan: 3 past producers. None of them 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
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LimestoneStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LimestoneStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Polk County

Storms near this place

12 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dunnegan in 12 storm reports between 2003 and 2024: 4 hail, 3 flash flood, 2 heavy rain, 1 tornado. 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 2003Tornado (F2)Dunnegan$3,700,000no account filed
June 2024Flash FloodDunnegan$2,200,000A widespread flood event occurred in Polk County during the early morning hours of June 9th. Between 4 and 6 inches of rainfall fell in Polk County which caused the Pomme De Terre River and its tributaries to rapidly increase. There was damage to over 450 miles of gravel roads in the county which caused 2.2 million dollars in damage. Several low water bridges were damaged and a new bridge was damaged which caused 720,000 dollars in damage.
September 2023HailDunnegan-Quarter sized hail was reported.
May 2018Heavy RainDunnegan-A rainfall report of 3.10 inches fell in 24 hours.
August 2018Heavy RainDunnegan-The public reported that approximately 4.00 inches of rain fell in approximately and hour and 45 minutes.
September 2014Funnel CloudDunnegan-A trained storm spotter saw a funnel cloud about 4 miles north of Fair Play.
August 2013Flash FloodDunnegan-Numerous roads were reported as flooded or washed out near Highways A and 123. A water rescue occurred in this area as water started to approach a structure.
August 2013Flash FloodDunnegan-Missouri Route 123 was closed due to flooding.
March 2008FloodDunnegan-This flooding is a continuation of the flash flooding. Poor drainage areas continued to flood roadways and lowlands near rivers and creeks.
April 2014HailDunnegan-no account filed
April 2014HailDunnegan-no account filed
May 2011HailDunnegan-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Polk 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
Cliquot5.3 miles19
Fair Play5.4 miles14
Humansville6.0 miles16
Flemington7.8 miles16
Rondo7.8 miles25
Bolivar10.9 miles17
Aldrich11.1 miles15
Huron11.9 miles19

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 DunneganAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5315576The 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 735587. 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.