Bellflower, Missouri
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Bear Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63333. The Survey maps it on the Bellflower North quadrangle. 325 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 768 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBellflower fell from 393 to 325 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 | 393 | |
| 2020 | 325 | -68 (-17%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1890 USGS Louisiana quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1942 USGS Bellflower quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Bellflower quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1973 USGS Bellflower North quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Mexico quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Bellflower between 1992 and 1997, burning about 3 acres in total. None 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 | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 March 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 11 March 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 16 October 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Bellflower: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parker-Russell | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
13 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bellflower in 13 storm reports between 1998 and 2020: 6 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 3 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2006 | Tornado (F2) | Bellflower | $200,000 | A supercell thunderstorm produced a tornado that tracked from northeast Montgomery County, across northern Lincoln County, crossed into southeast Pike County, and then crossed the Mississippi River into Calhoun County, IL during the early morning hours of Monday, March 13, 2006. The total damage track was almost 45 miles with the tornado reaching a maximum damage width of 300 yards and a F3 rating. The tornado first formed and caused damage in northeast Montgomery County about 1:20 am CST along Union Chapel Road northwest of Bellflower. A home suffered roof damage with several trusses on the northwest side destroyed. The tornado was about 100 yards wide at this point and was rated F1. The tornado moved northeast and crossed Highway E several times. In the small community of Gamma, two homes suffered major roof damage, a barn and several outbuildings destroyed. The tornado was rated F2 at this location and was about 200 years wide. The tornado weakened and caused tree damage near the West Fork of the Cuivre River as it crossed into Lincoln County southwest of Olney. |
| July 2000 | Tornado (F1) | Bellflower | $75,000 | A tornado struck eastern Montgomery County causing damage at a farm and downing trees and power lines. The tornado first caused damage at a farm on Leonard Road which was also where the most extensive damage occurred. A large garage lost both doors and half of its roof. A grain trailer was overturned and 2 grain bins blown away, one to the northwest and the other about 1/2 mile to the east. The remainder of the damage path consisted of downed trees and crop damage. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bellflower | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several tree limbs around town. |
| October 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bellflower | - | A large pecan tree was blown over, just missing a farm house. One of the limbs landed on the roof causing minor damage. |
| October 2005 | Hail | Bellflower | - | The public reported 3/4 inch hail in Bellflower. |
| April 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Bellflower | - | A sheriff deputy reported a brief tornado touchdown in open country near Bellflower. There was no damage. |
| March 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bellflower | - | Wind gusts from a line of thunderstorms downed trees in the Bellflower area. |
| January 2008 | Hail | Bellflower | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Bellflower | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bellflower | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Bellflower | - | no account filed |
| November 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bellflower | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bellflower | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prices Branch | 3.9 miles | 20 | |
| Gamma | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Buell | 4.8 miles | 17 | |
| Montgomery City | 8.2 miles | 21 | |
| New Florence | 8.3 miles | 20 | |
| Middletown | 8.9 miles | 16 | |
| High Hill | 9.0 miles | 20 | |
| Marling | 9.1 miles | 16 |
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 Bellflower | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q963469 | 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 713929. 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.






