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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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 Stockton quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1956 USGS Fair Play quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Bolivar quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
55 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 36 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 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 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 August 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 August 1994 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 23 August 1995 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 July 1994 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 July 1994 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 26 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179026-08403-07262019-1745 |
| 23 April 1993 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Limestone | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Limestone | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
12 since 2003Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2003 | Tornado (F2) | Dunnegan | $3,700,000 | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Flash Flood | Dunnegan | $2,200,000 | A 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 2023 | Hail | Dunnegan | - | Quarter sized hail was reported. |
| May 2018 | Heavy Rain | Dunnegan | - | A rainfall report of 3.10 inches fell in 24 hours. |
| August 2018 | Heavy Rain | Dunnegan | - | The public reported that approximately 4.00 inches of rain fell in approximately and hour and 45 minutes. |
| September 2014 | Funnel Cloud | Dunnegan | - | A trained storm spotter saw a funnel cloud about 4 miles north of Fair Play. |
| August 2013 | Flash Flood | Dunnegan | - | 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 2013 | Flash Flood | Dunnegan | - | Missouri Route 123 was closed due to flooding. |
| March 2008 | Flood | Dunnegan | - | This flooding is a continuation of the flash flooding. Poor drainage areas continued to flood roadways and lowlands near rivers and creeks. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Dunnegan | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Dunnegan | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Dunnegan | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cliquot | 5.3 miles | 19 | |
| Fair Play | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Humansville | 6.0 miles | 16 | |
| Flemington | 7.8 miles | 16 | |
| Rondo | 7.8 miles | 25 | |
| Bolivar | 10.9 miles | 17 | |
| Aldrich | 11.1 miles | 15 | |
| Huron | 11.9 miles | 19 |
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 Dunnegan | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5315576 | The 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.





