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.
Population over time
2 figuresAdrian 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,677 | |
| 2020 | 1,730 | +53 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1887 USGS Butler quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Butler quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Adrian quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Butler quadrangle1:100000
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 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
60 of 63 shownRegional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2003 | Hail | Adrian | $6,750,000 | Large hail damaged 1,100 homes and 750 cars. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Adrian | $25,000 | no account filed |
| September 2025 | Hail | Adrian | - | Quarter size hail and tree and vehicle damage from strong winds on 7th Street. |
| September 2025 | Hail | Adrian | - | Quarter size hail reported south of Adrian. |
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adrian | - | Downed trees and limbs along 8th Street in Adrian. |
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adrian | - | Several downed trees and limbs near Harlequin Drive in Adrian. |
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adrian | - | Wind damage reported in Adrian. |
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adrian | - | Trees and powerlines down making road impassible west of Adrian. |
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adrian | - | Windows broken out of a home by wind driven quarter to half dollar sized hail. |
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adrian | - | Downed trees at a residence near Route 18 and Route FF. Hail also stripped paint from a house and damaged shingles. |
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adrian | - | At least 15 broken power poles near the Crescent Hill substation in Bates County in northern Bates County. |
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adrian | - | Several downed trees reported near Skyline Drive in Adrian. |
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adrian | - | Estimated 70 mph winds south of Adrian. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adrian | - | 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 2023 | Hail | Adrian | - | 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 2022 | Hail | Adrian | - | Hail ranging from the size of peas to quarters in Adrian. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adrian | - | Several powerlines were down across Adrian. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adrian | - | Power pole down on Plainview Drive. |
| February 2017 | Hail | Adrian | - | This report was received via social media. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adrian | - | Trained spotter near Adrian reported 60 mph wind gusts. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adrian | - | Several trees of unknown size or condition were down at 6th and Clark in Adrian. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adrian | - | 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 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adrian | - | 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 2015 | Tornado (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 2015 | Hail | Adrian | - | Hail covered I-49 near Adrian. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Adrian | - | Numerous roads in the town were impassable due to flooding. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adrian | - | Two large trees were blown down. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adrian | - | Trees were reported down in Adrian, with thunderstorm wind gusts estimated up to 60 mph. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Adrian | - | Bates county Route AA 1 3/4 miles west of the junction of Highway 71 and AA was closed due to high water. |
| June 2006 | Flash Flood | Adrian | - | 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 2004 | Flash Flood | Adrian | - | Highway 18 flooded between Adrian and Ballard. |
| March 2003 | Hail | Adrian | - | Wind gusts 50 to 60 mph. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adrian | - | 6 inch tree limbs down. |
| April 2001 | Hail | Adrian | - | Trained spotter reported 3/4 inch hail and wind gusts to 60 mph. |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adrian | - | Numerous trees reported down. |
| June 1998 | Hail | Adrian | - | Dime-size hail was reported by the Adrian Police Department. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adrian | - | The Adrian Police Department reported thunderstorm wind gusts to 65 MPH. The winds knocked down numerous tree limbs and power lines in Adrian. |
| May 1997 | Hail | Adrian | - | 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 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adrian | - | 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 2022 | Hail | Adrian | - | no account filed |
| March 2022 | Hail | Adrian | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Adrian | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Adrian | - | no account filed |
| March 2015 | Hail | Adrian | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Adrian | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Adrian | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Adrian | - | no account filed |
| March 2009 | Hail | Adrian | - | no account filed |
| February 2007 | Hail | Adrian | - | no account filed |
| February 2007 | Hail | Adrian | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Adrian | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Adrian | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Adrian | - | no account filed |
| March 2003 | Hail | Adrian | - | no account filed |
| March 2003 | Hail | Adrian | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Adrian | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Adrian | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Adrian | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Adrian | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Adrian | - | 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.
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 Adrian | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q372306 | 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 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.







