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Sligo, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Short Bend Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65560. It lies near Dry Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Cook Station quadrangle.

Sligo within Dent County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 19 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

42 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Sligo between 1992 and 2016, burning about 1,315 acres in total. None started naturally. 21 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
Arson/incendiarism21
Debris and open burning14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
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
23 September 1999Debris and open burning75 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 April 1992Arson/incendiarism130 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
13 April 2006Arson/incendiarism22 acresMark Twain National ForestPOSSUM TROT
12 April 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 April 1998Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 April 1993Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
11 April 1993Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 March 1994Arson/incendiarism10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dent County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 47 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 47 workings within 5 miles of Sligo: 45 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead. 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
Arthur MinesLead, ZincPast Producer
Jonas MineBarium-BaritePast Producer
Arthur MinesLeadPast Producer1863
Metcalf DiggingsLeadPast Producer
Unknown - CopperCopperProspect
Unknown - CopperCopperPast Producer
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lc Taff BankClayPast Producer
Robert's Clay PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dent County

Storms near this place

42 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sligo in 42 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 27 flood, 10 flash flood, 3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 death. 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
November 2020FloodSligo1 killedA vehicle was swept of the low water crossing over Highway TT at Crooked Creek. A driver with a six-year old passenger drove into the flooded low water crossing northeast of Salem. The driver was able to swim to safety, but the 6-year old was swept downstream and drowned.
November 2024Flash FloodSligo$15,000,000Dent County suffered $15M in damages, with $8M to infrastructure at Montauk State Park, along with two homes destroyed, five having major damage and another 20 with minor damage. An additional $7M occurred to roads and bridges along with some homes. Heaviest damages were along the Current River near Montauk State Park, Spring Creek near Salem, and Crooked Creek and Meramec River near Sligo.
March 2026FloodSligo-State Highway TT was closed due to flooding.
March 2026FloodSligo-State Highway TT was closed due to flooding near Crooked Creek.
April 2025FloodSligo-Route TT at Crooked Creek was flooded and impassable.
April 2025FloodSligo-Route TT at Crooked Creek was flooded and impassable.
April 2024FloodSligo-State highway TT was closed due to flooding at Crooked Creek.
April 2024FloodSligo-State Highway TT at Crooked Creek was flooded and impassable.
June 2024Flash FloodSligo-State Highway TT was closed due to flooding of Crooked Creek.
March 2023FloodSligo-Highway TT at Crooked Creek was closed due to flooding from heavy rainfall.
March 2023FloodSligo-Route TT at Crooked Creek was flooded and impassable.
February 2022FloodSligo-Highway TT at Crooked Creek was flooded and impassable due to high water.
April 2022Flash FloodSligo-Highway TT at Crooked Creek was flooded and impassable.
March 2022FloodSligo-Highway TT at Crooked Creek was flooded and impassable.
March 2022FloodSligo-Highway TT at Crooked Creek was flooded and impassable.
January 2021Flash FloodSligo-Heavy rainfall caused Crooked Creek to flood making Highway TT impassable.
January 2021FloodSligo-Heavy rain caused Crooked Creek to flood a section of Highway TT making it impassable.
March 2021FloodSligo-The low water crossing on Highway TT at Crooked Creek was closed due to flooding.
March 2020FloodSligo-State Highway TT was closed at Crooked Creek due to flooding.
November 2020FloodSligo-State Highway TT was closed at Crooked Creek due to flooding.
March 2019HailSligo-A report of quarter size hail was revived via social media.
July 2019Heavy RainSligo-A 24 hour rainfall of 4.90 inches was measured.
February 2018FloodSligo-State Highway TT was closed due to flooding.
March 2018FloodSligo-The road was flooded and closed at Route TT.
April 2017FloodSligo-Route TT at Crooked Creek was flooded and impassable.
May 2016FloodSligo-Route TT was closed due to flooding along Crooked Creek near Sligo east of Highway 19 in northeast Dent County.
August 2015Flash FloodSligo-Route TT was closed in both directions at Crooked Creek due to flooding.
June 2015Flash FloodSligo-State Route TT was closed due to flooding.
November 2015FloodSligo-Highway TT was closed due to flooding at Crooked Creek.
February 2013FloodSligo-MODOT reported that the low water crossing along Highway TT was flooded.
March 2013FloodSligo-Highway TT was closed approximately one mile east of Highway 19 due to flooding.
August 2013Flash FloodSligo-Route TT closed in both directions due to flooding in the vicinity of Crooked Creek.
August 2013Flash FloodSligo-Route TT was closed in both directions along Crooked Creek.
April 2011Flash FloodSligo-Highway TT was closed due to flooding.
February 2011FloodSligo-Highway TT in northeastern Dent County was closed due to flooding.
April 2011FloodSligo-The low water crossing at Crooked Creek on Highway TT was closed because of flooding.
May 2010FloodSligo-A low water crossing on state Highway TT was flooded and closed.
October 2009FloodSligo-Route TT east of Route 19 was closed due to flooding.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindSligo-Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed a few trees.
April 2005Flash FloodSligo-Heavy thunderstorms caused flash flooding over a section of Highway TT near the community of Sligo.
April 2016HailSligo-no account filed
April 1996HailSligo-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dent 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
Short Bend3.5 miles18
Cooksey4.5 miles19
Dent Ford6.2 miles18
Boscobel (historical)6.6 miles20
Ark6.8 miles19
Bangert7.3 miles20
Mounce7.5 miles18
Howes8.5 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 735856. 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.