Arcadia, Missouri
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 2000. It stands in Arcadia Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63621. It lies near College Hill. The Survey maps it on the Ironton quadrangle. 618 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 909 feet above sea level.
On record in Arcadia
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Population over time
2 figuresArcadia grew from 608 to 618 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 | 608 | |
| 2020 | 618 | +10 (+2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
17 surveys from 25 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.
- 1937 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:48000
- 1945 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1946 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Farmington quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Farmington quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 2000 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
35 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Arcadia between 1992 and 2017, burning about 508 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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 | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 2 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 30 July 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 12 May 1997 | Smoking | 223 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | LAKE KILLARNEY |
| 7 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 8.3 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | 334 |
| 6 April 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 102 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | TURKEY FOOT |
| 4 April 1992 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 29 April 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 33 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of Arcadia: 28 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Limestone, Dimension, Iron, Manganese, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cuthbertson Mtn Mine | Manganese, Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Shepherd Mountain | Iron, Sulfur, Phosphorus-Phosphates | Past Producer | 1815 | |
| Jones Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Granite | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Granite | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Russel Property | Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Manganese | Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Manganese | Manganese | Prospect | ||
| Buford Mtn Mine | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arcadia in 8 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 lightning, 1 tornado. The reports record 4 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2000 | Lightning | Arcadia | 4 hurt | Four Boy Scouts were injured by a lightning strike while camping on Taum Sauk Mountain, the highest peak in Missouri. The lightning hit a pine tree about 130 feet away. The electricity apparently went through the roots into the boys tent, blowing 4 holes into the bottom of the tent. One boy was knock unconscious. He was not breathing and would likely have died were it not for CPR applied by one of the Scout Leaders. The other boys suffered burns from first to third degree on their backs and arms. |
| May 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Arcadia | - | A tornado touched down in the southwestern portion of Arcadia, near the intersection of W. Maple Street and S. Main Street. As it tracked to the east it uprooted or snapped off several large trees as it crossed Highway 21 and tracked along Highway 72. It eventually moved northeast, skirting the south shore of Lake Killarney snapping off more trees before lifting and dissipating near Ozark Drive. Overall, the tornado was rated EF1 with a path length of 4.08 miles and a max path width of 100 yards. No deaths or injuries were reported. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arcadia | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous large trees and power lines along Highway 21 and Route E. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arcadia | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous trees between Johnson Shut-Ins State Park and Ironton. |
| April 1994 | Hail | Arcadia | - | Hail reached dime-size just south of Arcadia. |
| March 2006 | Hail | Arcadia | - | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arcadia | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arcadia | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russellville | 0.6 miles | 25 | |
| Ironton | 0.6 miles | 25 | |
| Wilsonville | 1.0 miles | 25 | |
| Pilot Knob | 2.4 miles | 25 | |
| English Town | 2.5 miles | 25 | |
| Killarney Shores | 3.4 miles | 25 | |
| Snow Hollow Lake | 4.1 miles | 24 | |
| Ghermanville | 4.7 miles | 24 |
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 Arcadia | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q966722 | 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 748606. 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.
















