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Bernie, Missouri

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Liberty Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63822. The Survey maps it on the Bernie quadrangle. 1,859 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 302 feet above sea level.

Bernie within Stoddard County

Population over time

2 figures

Bernie fell from 1,958 to 1,859 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
20101,958
20201,859-99 (-5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

1 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Bernie in 2018, burning under an acre 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 burning1

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
23 August 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177475-10395-08232018-1708

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stoddard County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Bernie: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Stoddard County

Storms near this place

33 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bernie in 33 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 14 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 4 funnel cloud, 4 heavy rain. The reports record 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2007Thunderstorm WindBernie2 hurt, $35,000Numerous trees, power lines, and about 10 utility poles were blown down along Highway 25. A utility pole struck a vehicle travelling on the highway. A passenger in the vehicle sustained minor injuries and was transported to a local hospital. Twenty spans of 3,400-volt electrical lines were down on the road and vehicles. Other vehicles were blown off the highway. A second person was transported to a local hospital with minor to moderate injuries, and an unspecified number of others sought their own treatment. The highway was shut down overnight and reopened the next morning. Numerous outbuildings, barns, and sheds were damaged in this rural farming area. One person reported seeing irrigation pipes blown into fields and roofs off structures.
April 1996Tornado (F1)Bernie$700,000no account filed
April 1996Thunderstorm WindBernie$400,000no account filed
October 2013Tornado (EF1)Bernie$75,000A silo was destroyed, and a grain bin was dented. Several outbuildings were damaged or destroyed. Windows were blown out of a home. Cotton from bales was lofted and blown into trees nearby. Numerous large branches were blown down. Several trees were snapped or uprooted. A notable circulation track was observed in a bean field. Peak winds were estimated near 105 mph.
April 2003Thunderstorm WindBernie$35,000A thunderstorm wind gust blew down a machine shed on a farm off County Road 766. Based on a National Weather Service damage survey, peak winds of 65 to 70 MPH destroyed the 50 by 45 foot structure.
August 2004LightningBernie$20,000Two lightning strikes caused damage. The first strike set fire to a furniture store in Bernie, completely destroying the building. A second strike just northwest of Dexter took the lives of two horses. The horses were apparently standing under a tree when they were struck. Bark was peeled off the tree in strips from the trunk to the very top.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindBernie$15,000Tree limbs and roofs were damaged in the Bernie area. Medium to large limbs were down on the south side of Bernie. Five miles west of Bernie, tree limbs were down and there were a few roofs with shingles blown off.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindBernie$10,000A couple of trees were blown down. There was shingle damage to one home. A swing set was blown over and destroyed. A large tree limb was blown down onto a roadway. A trained spotter estimated winds gusted to 60 mph.
October 2013Thunderstorm WindBernie$10,000Winds were measured to 60 mph. Power was out around the community.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindBernie$10,000Several power lines were blown down. A trained spotter estimated winds gusted to between 60 and 70 mph.
March 2012Thunderstorm WindBernie$10,000A home had partial loss of roof shingles.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindBernie$5,000One huge tree was uprooted, and multiple tree limbs were down.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindBernie$3,000About 30 feet of tin roofing was blown off a barn.
January 2013Flash FloodBernie$3,000A trained spotter reported street flooding and three feet of water in a parking lot.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindBernie$3,000A couple of trees were down in Bernie. Marble size hail was associated with the storm.
February 2023Thunderstorm WindBernie$1,000Part of a carport was damaged.
February 2022Thunderstorm WindBernie$1,000A tree about 8 to 10 inches in diameter and 20 feet long fell onto Highway U.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindBernie$1,000Tree limbs were down, a bird bath was blown over, and lawn furniture was thrown across yards.
February 2025FloodBernie-Minor flooding occurred along several highways, including Highways F and W from U.S. 60 to Highway J, Highway H from Highway 25 to Highway ZZ, and Highway U from County Road 651 to Highway H.
March 2025HailBernie-Ping pong ball size hail fell in Bernie.
July 2025Funnel CloudBernie-There were multiple reports of a funnel cloud east of Bernie.
April 2018Funnel CloudBernie-A funnel cloud was reported north-northeast of the community.
November 2015Heavy RainBernie-A trained spotter reported 2.50 inches of rainfall since noon the previous day.
December 2015Heavy RainBernie-A trained spotter received two inches of rain in just under four hours.
June 2014Funnel CloudBernie-A funnel cloud was reported by a trained spotter. The funnel lasted about ten seconds. This cold-air funnel cloud was associated with a shower or weak thunderstorm. These types of funnel clouds are usually very brief and rarely touch the ground.
May 2007Heavy RainBernie-Three to four inches of water was on streets, causing sewers to begin backing up. An unofficial rainfall report of 1.5 inches was received.
July 2019HailBernie-no account filed
March 2015HailBernie-no account filed
April 2015HailBernie-no account filed
April 2014HailBernie-no account filed
May 2007Heavy RainBernie-no account filed
October 2004Funnel CloudBernie-no account filed
April 2002HailBernie-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Stoddard 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
Bunker Hill2.6 miles9
Miller (historical)3.6 miles9
Cyrus4.7 miles9
Pyletown4.7 miles9
Powe6.8 miles9
Shover (historical)6.9 miles9
Shreve6.9 miles9
Bradyville (historical)7.6 miles9

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 BernieAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q955330The 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 713988. 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.