Sundown, Missouri
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Jasper Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65761. It lies near Wells Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Theodosia quadrangle. 62 people lived here at the 2020 count.
Population over time
3 figuresSundown grew from 38 to 62 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 38 | |
| 2010 | 48 | +10 (+26%) |
| 2020 | 62 | +14 (+29%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 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.
- 1936 USGS Thornfield quadrangle1:48000
- 1943 USGS Thornfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1945 USGS Thornfield quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Theodosia quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Ava quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 2004 USGS Theodosia quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
60 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Sundown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 823 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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 | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 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 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.3 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | HIGHWAY 160 |
| 16 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 23 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177493-07721-07072018-0745 |
| 26 June 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177175-07718-06262018-1839 |
| 18 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.3 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 220569-07721-06182020-1405 |
| 30 May 2001 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 April 2007 | Debris and open burning | 86 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | BARREN |
| 9 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 130 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Sundown: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portable S&G Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Wallace Cement Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Theodosia (historical) | 0.9 miles | 14 | |
| Isabella | 1.6 miles | 14 | |
| Theodosia | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Lutie | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Pontiac | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Dillia | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Dugginsville | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Locust | 5.0 miles | 14 |
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 Sundown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2624717 | 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 1669607. 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.











