BlockDykes, Missouri
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Morris Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65444. The Survey maps it on the Bucyrus quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1941 USGS Bado quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Bado quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Mountain Grove quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Bucyrus quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
28 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Dykes between 1992 and 2020, burning about 210 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 burning | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2000 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 18 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 25 July 1997 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 2 April 1998 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 15 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 10 April 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 March 1994 | Debris and open burning | 10 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 Dykes: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron. 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 - Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dykes in 2 storm reports in 2019: 1 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dykes | $35,000 | A very wide swath of large trees were uprooted and snapped. In addition to impacting trees, a medium sized outbuilding and a home south of Bendavis lost half of their sheet metal roofing. A metal framed building had its bay doors blow in and roof bulged upward. Two other residences sustained minor damage. The path ended northeast of Bendavis after removing some shingles from an old schoolhouse and uprooting several more trees. |
| April 2019 | Tornado (EF1) | Dykes | - | A National Weather Service storm survey confirmed an EF-1 tornado tracked from just east of Huggins to just northwest of Bucyrus in Texas County, Missouri. The tornado was on the ground for approximately five minutes along its 5.6 mile total track with maximum wind speeds estimated at 100 mph. Convergent debris consistent with a tornado occurred for the entire path. The EF-1 rating at the track start was based on numerous large trees damaged and uprooted. A pole barn located east of Dykes Road on Highway 38 had significant damage (roof lifted off). Numerous large trees were uprooted or snapped as the tornado continued east northeast, some onto a mobile home that received relatively minor damage before the tornado lifted east of Highway 17 near Emery Rd, northwest of Bucyrus. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plum Valley | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Fairview | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Upton | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Pleasant Ridge | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Bado | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Huggins | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Alice | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Lundy | 4.6 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 717228. 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.