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Bagnell, Missouri

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Franklin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65026. It stands on Little Gravois Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bagnell quadrangle. 43 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 577 feet above sea level.

Bagnell within Miller County

Population over time

2 figures

Bagnell fell from 93 to 43 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.

YearPeople Change
201093
202043-50 (-54%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 22 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

53 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Bagnell between 1992 and 2020, burning about 268 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 7 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 burning25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Arson/incendiarism7
Smoking5
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
25 August 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178303-06633-08252018-1545
24 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178207-01509-08242018-1853
23 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178206-01509-08232018-2020
5 July 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
13 July 2019Smokingunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179434-06633-07132019-1815
12 July 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179433-06633-07122019-0815
1 July 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179432-06633-07012019-1355
9 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178299-06633-06092018-1310

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Miller County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Bagnell: 9 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bunker's ProspectLead, ZincProspect
Howard Quarry Number Eighty-TwoStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Osage Asphalt Mine Limestone & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Ozark Sand Co. Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown-S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bear Creek MinesBarium-BaritePast Producer
Earl Starks LandBarium-BaritePast Producer
Meade MineBarium-BaritePast Producer
Platter MineBarium-BaritePast Producer
Seigel-Martin Tiff BankBarium-BaritePast Producer

Every working recorded in Miller County

Storms near this place

33 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bagnell in 33 storm reports between 2003 and 2026: 17 thunderstorm wind, 7 flash flood, 6 hail, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2017Flash FloodBagnell$2,000,000Several homes and business sustained flood damage across the county. Numerous roads and bridges were severely damaged or washed away across the county. This report will contain the total dollar estimate for flood damage to infrastructure, businesses, and homes across Miller County.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindBagnell$25,000There were numerous reports of trees and power lines blown down across southwestern Miller County especially near the Rocky Mount area to near Kaiser.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindBagnell$10,000A few large trees were uprooted with one falling and damaging a recreational vehicle. The report was received via social media.
October 2019Thunderstorm WindBagnell$10,000Power lines and trees were reported down along Jade Road.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindBagnell$5,000Thunderstorm wind gusts downed trees on Blue Springs Drive near Lakeland.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindBagnell$3,000Roof damage occurred to a business on Business Highway 54 just west of the dam.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindBagnell$2,000Power lines were reported down in the western portion of Miller County.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindBagnell$1,000Thunderstorm wind gusts downed a tree onto Allen Road.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindBagnell$1,000A downed tree blocked the road on Highway W.
April 2026Flash FloodBagnell-Several city roads and streets were reported as flooded.
February 2023Thunderstorm WindBagnell-Metal roofing and debris was scattered along Highway 76 in Branson.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindBagnell-Several tree were reported down.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindBagnell-Several power poles were downed due to high winds at Bagnell Dam Boulevard and Flynn Drive.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindBagnell-Multiple large tree limbs were reported down on State Highway W near Lake Ozark.
May 2018Flash FloodBagnell-Highway Z at Blue Springs Creek in western Miller County had up to a foot of water moving across the highway.
May 2017FloodBagnell-State Highway Z was closed due to flooding at Blue Springs Creek. Several low water crossings were closed across Miller County.
April 2017Flash FloodBagnell-Car Rock Road just east of Highway 54 near Eldon was flooded along with Blue Springs Drive at Little Gravois Creek.
August 2017Flash FloodBagnell-The low water crossing at Blue Springs Drive along Big Spring Creek was flooded.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindBagnell-A tree was blown down.
August 2016Flash FloodBagnell-Two feet of flowing water flooded Highway Z at Blue Springs Creek.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindBagnell-A trained storm spotter measured a 59 mph wind gust at the Bagnell Dam.
April 2014Funnel CloudBagnell-A funnel was observed near Bagnell Dam.
May 2011Flash FloodBagnell-Highway Z and Highway Y-19 was reported to have around a foot of water over the roadway. Several other low water crossings were reported to be flooded across western Miller County.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindBagnell-Thunderstorm wind gusts caused large tree branches to fall on a roof of a home near Miller.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindBagnell-Numerous trees were blown down from thunderstorm wind gusts.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindBagnell-A large tree was blown into a power line due to thunderstorm wind gusts.
September 2008FloodBagnell-Six inches of rain that fell in northwest Miller County caused Blue Spring Creek to flood a section of Highway Z.
June 2011HailBagnell-no account filed
May 2011HailBagnell-no account filed
April 2011HailBagnell-no account filed
April 2007HailBagnell-no account filed
June 2003HailBagnell-no account filed
July 2003HailBagnell-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Miller County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Lakeview1.4 miles22
Lakeland1.6 miles25
Lakeside1.6 miles22
Lake Ozark2.8 miles25
Arrowhead3.4 miles25
Arrowhead Beach3.5 miles25
West Aurora6.1 miles23
Kaiser6.5 miles22

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 BagnellAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q962147The 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 713534. 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.