Amoret, Missouri
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Homer Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64722. It lies near Spy Mound. The Survey maps it on the Amoret quadrangle. 133 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 846 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresAmoret fell from 190 to 133 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 | 190 | |
| 2020 | 133 | -57 (-30%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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 Mound City quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Mound City quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Amoret quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Butler quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
76 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Amoret between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,671 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge | SEED SACK |
| 19 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 acres | Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge | 1700-69 |
| 16 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.7 acres | Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge | GATLIN BALER |
| 23 June 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge | DAVIS BRIDGE |
| 19 June 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge | MINE CREEK CAMPFIRE |
| 16 June 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge | LOG JAM |
| 7 April 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31 acres | Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge | MO CROSS |
| 5 April 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 49 acres | Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge | CRP 7 |
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 Amoret: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Amoret in 9 storm reports between 1994 and 2017: 5 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amoret | $500 | Trees were uprooted. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amoret | - | A tree, 12 to 18 inches in diameter, was knocked down. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amoret | - | A 18 inch tree was blown down by strong winds near Amoret. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amoret | - | Several tree limbs up to 18 inches in diameter, were reported down. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Amoret | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Amoret | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Amoret | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Amoret | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Amoret | - | 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 Amoret | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q936431 | 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 713267. 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.







