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Adrian, Missouri

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Deer Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64720. The Survey maps it on the Adrian quadrangle. 1,730 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 863 feet above sea level.

Adrian within Bates County

Population over time

2 figures

Adrian grew from 1,677 to 1,730 between 2010 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,677
20201,730+53 (+3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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.

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Adrian: 2 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
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Bates County

Storms near this place

60 of 63 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Adrian in 63 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 36 hail, 22 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 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 2003HailAdrian$6,750,000Large hail damaged 1,100 homes and 750 cars.
May 2003HailAdrian$25,000no account filed
September 2025HailAdrian-Quarter size hail and tree and vehicle damage from strong winds on 7th Street.
September 2025HailAdrian-Quarter size hail reported south of Adrian.
September 2025Thunderstorm WindAdrian-Downed trees and limbs along 8th Street in Adrian.
September 2025Thunderstorm WindAdrian-Several downed trees and limbs near Harlequin Drive in Adrian.
September 2025Thunderstorm WindAdrian-Wind damage reported in Adrian.
September 2025Thunderstorm WindAdrian-Trees and powerlines down making road impassible west of Adrian.
September 2025Thunderstorm WindAdrian-Windows broken out of a home by wind driven quarter to half dollar sized hail.
September 2025Thunderstorm WindAdrian-Downed trees at a residence near Route 18 and Route FF. Hail also stripped paint from a house and damaged shingles.
September 2025Thunderstorm WindAdrian-At least 15 broken power poles near the Crescent Hill substation in Bates County in northern Bates County.
September 2025Thunderstorm WindAdrian-Several downed trees reported near Skyline Drive in Adrian.
September 2025Thunderstorm WindAdrian-Estimated 70 mph winds south of Adrian.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindAdrian-Around 15:18 PM CST, a NWS Employee reported several large tree limbs knocked down 3 miles north-northeast of Adrian, MO in Bates county from a severe thunderstorm wind gust.
April 2023HailAdrian-After a few hours of no severe reports, additional storms formed after midnight across the southern portions of the CWA. Quarter size hail was reported in Adrian.
October 2022HailAdrian-Hail ranging from the size of peas to quarters in Adrian.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindAdrian-Several powerlines were down across Adrian.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindAdrian-Power pole down on Plainview Drive.
February 2017HailAdrian-This report was received via social media.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindAdrian-Trained spotter near Adrian reported 60 mph wind gusts.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindAdrian-Several trees of unknown size or condition were down at 6th and Clark in Adrian.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindAdrian-A large tree was snapped and another tree was uprooted. Neither tree's size nor condition are known. This report was received via social media.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindAdrian-A 10 inch tree limb was down on power lines at 2nd and Missouri in Adrian. This caused the power line to break and a portion of the limb went through the roof of a nearby building.
May 2015Tornado (EF1)Adrian-A QLCS moved through western Missouri, producing several mesovortices along the leading edge. One of these mesovortices struck a few residences and produced some tree damage near Adrian.
March 2015HailAdrian-Hail covered I-49 near Adrian.
July 2015Flash FloodAdrian-Numerous roads in the town were impassable due to flooding.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindAdrian-Two large trees were blown down.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindAdrian-Trees were reported down in Adrian, with thunderstorm wind gusts estimated up to 60 mph.
June 2007Flash FloodAdrian-Bates county Route AA 1 3/4 miles west of the junction of Highway 71 and AA was closed due to high water.
June 2006Flash FloodAdrian-Several roads under water due to heavy rains. 1 foot of water reported over Highway 18 1/2 mile east of County Road KK.
May 2004Flash FloodAdrian-Highway 18 flooded between Adrian and Ballard.
March 2003HailAdrian-Wind gusts 50 to 60 mph.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindAdrian-6 inch tree limbs down.
April 2001HailAdrian-Trained spotter reported 3/4 inch hail and wind gusts to 60 mph.
September 2001Thunderstorm WindAdrian-Numerous trees reported down.
June 1998HailAdrian-Dime-size hail was reported by the Adrian Police Department.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindAdrian-The Adrian Police Department reported thunderstorm wind gusts to 65 MPH. The winds knocked down numerous tree limbs and power lines in Adrian.
May 1997HailAdrian-Severe thunderstorms produced golfball-size hail in parts of Bates County. A Kansas City television station reported golfball-size hail a mile north of Adrian. The Adrian Police Department reported golfball-size hail in Rich Hill.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindAdrian-A severe thunderstorm, which was earlier responsible for a tornado west of Adrian, produced damaging winds, downing trees along state Route 18 in Adrian.
April 2022HailAdrian-no account filed
March 2022HailAdrian-no account filed
May 2017HailAdrian-no account filed
April 2015HailAdrian-no account filed
March 2015HailAdrian-no account filed
June 2014HailAdrian-no account filed
May 2013HailAdrian-no account filed
May 2011HailAdrian-no account filed
March 2009HailAdrian-no account filed
February 2007HailAdrian-no account filed
February 2007HailAdrian-no account filed
March 2006HailAdrian-no account filed
May 2004HailAdrian-no account filed
May 2004HailAdrian-no account filed
March 2003HailAdrian-no account filed
March 2003HailAdrian-no account filed
May 2003HailAdrian-no account filed
May 2003HailAdrian-no account filed
May 2003HailAdrian-no account filed
May 2003HailAdrian-no account filed
August 2003HailAdrian-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bates 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
Crescent Hill2.4 miles16
Coleville2.9 miles16
Passaic5.2 miles15
Altona6.2 miles14
Lacyville6.9 miles15
Burdett7.4 miles15
Butler9.6 miles15
Aaron10.6 miles14

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 AdrianAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q372306The 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 713161. 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.

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.