Arcola, Missouri
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1984. It stands in North Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65603. The Survey maps it on the Cedarville quadrangle. 37 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,024 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresArcola fell from 55 to 37 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 | 55 | |
| 2020 | 37 | -18 (-33%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1886 USGS Stockton quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1956 USGS Cedarville quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Bolivar quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
17 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Arcola between 1992 and 2019, burning about 716 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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 | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 1997 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 August 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 17 August 1997 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 12 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 20 July 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.1 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178159-921-07202018-1452 |
| 13 April 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 375 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 1 April 1996 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 March 1992 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Arcola: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cox,Pierce,+ Thomas Diggings | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
16 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arcola in 16 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 9 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arcola | $5,000 | no account filed |
| September 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arcola | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arcola | $2,000 | A pole barn was moved and several trees were blown down. There was minor damage to a house. |
| April 2026 | Flash Flood | Arcola | - | State Highway 97 was closed due to flooding from tributaries of Keller Creek. |
| April 2026 | Flood | Arcola | - | State Highway 97 was closed at Keller Branch due to flooding. |
| March 2020 | Flash Flood | Arcola | - | State Highway 97 was closed at the Kelly Branch due to flooding. |
| September 2005 | Hail | Arcola | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Arcola | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Arcola | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arcola | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Arcola | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arcola | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arcola | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arcola | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arcola | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arcola | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neola | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Glen Town | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Crisp | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Seybert | 5.8 miles | 15 | |
| Cedarville | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Sims Point | 6.6 miles | 15 | |
| Sylvania | 8.3 miles | 17 | |
| Grays Valley | 8.7 miles | 15 |
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 Arcola | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3293294 | 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 729837. 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.





