Ashland, Missouri
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Three Creeks Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65010. The Survey maps it on the Ashland quadrangle. 4,747 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 902 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresAshland grew from 3,707 to 4,747 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 | 3,707 | |
| 2020 | 4,747 | +1,040 (+28%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 21 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 Jefferson City quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Columbia quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Columbia quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:100000
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Ashland: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 - Clay | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
51 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ashland in 51 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 29 hail, 20 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | $7,000 | Thunderstorm winds snapped off the uprights and crossbar of the southern football goalpost at Southern Boone High School. The same thunderstorm downed several large trees and large tree limbs throughout the town of Ashland, including one tree blocking the roadway at Old Highway 63 and South and East Bullard Road. A member of the public estimated 60 mph winds with the thunderstorm. |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | $5,000 | Strong winds brought down several power poles and lines. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | $1,500 | Siding was blown off a home in Columbia with numerous large trees down across west and southern sections of the city. In the Ashland area, a roof of a small shed was blown off and several large trees were blown down. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked a large tree over the roadway along S Palis Nichols Road near E Webster Road near Ashland. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | - | Sporadic tree damage was reported in Ashland, including tree that was uprooted. No information on the trees was given. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | - | Thunderstorm winds uprooted a large tree and blew down several large tree limbs. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | - | Several tents were blown over at airshow at Columbia Regional Airport. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees and tree limbs around town. Also, several homes lost a few shingles and some siding. A couple of light poles were blown down as well. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | - | Thunderstorm winds snapped a power pole at the bottom at the intersection of Main Street and Johnson Street. |
| March 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | - | Thunderstorm winds caused minor damage to a few roofs in Ashland and blew down several trees. The ASOS at Columbia Regional Airport reported a 64 mph wind gusts when the storms moved through there. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Ashland | - | Lots of hail up to golfball size was reported in the Ashland area. |
| July 2009 | Flash Flood | Ashland | - | Between 2 and 4 inches of rain with locally heavier amounts fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. Numerous roads were flooded including Bass Lane and Bonne Femme Church Road just southeast of Columbia, as well as, Blackfoot Road, Crump Lane and Highway KK. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | - | Numerous trees were blown down around town. |
| April 2005 | Hail | Ashland | - | Federal officials reported 3/4 inch hail north of Ashland. |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | - | An early morning thunderstorm caused minor damage to 6 homes in a neighborhood on Highway DD northwest of Ashland. Several garage doors were bent by the wind, a trampoline was thrown a quarter mile and destroyed, gas grills were blown off decks, and a couple of flag poles were bent. |
| February 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Ashland | - | A brief tornado occurred just southwest of Ashland. Damage was limited to downed or uprooted trees. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | - | The Boone County Emergency Operations Center reported golf ball-size hail along the Boone-Randolph County line and in the Hallsville area. Hail reached two inches in diameter in Sturgeon, but most stones were smaller. Wind gusts to 60 mph were also reported north of Ashland with a roof damaged and trees down across northeast parts of the county. |
| March 2020 | Hail | Ashland | - | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Hail | Ashland | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Ashland | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Ashland | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Ashland | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Ashland | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Ashland | - | no account filed |
| January 2008 | Hail | Ashland | - | no account filed |
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Ashland | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Ashland | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Ashland | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Ashland | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Ashland | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Ashland | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Ashland | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Ashland | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Ashland | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Ashland | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Ashland | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Ashland | - | no account filed |
| September 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | - | no account filed |
| September 2003 | Hail | Ashland | - | no account filed |
| December 2002 | Hail | Ashland | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Ashland | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Ashland | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Ashland | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Ashland | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Ashland | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | - | 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 Ashland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q966935 | 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 713434. 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.










