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Bertrand, Missouri

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Long Prairie Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63823. The Survey maps it on the Bertrand quadrangle. 718 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 322 feet above sea level.

Bertrand within Mississippi County

Population over time

2 figures

Bertrand fell from 821 to 718 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
2010821
2020718-103 (-13%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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

5 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Bertrand in 2019, burning about 572 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
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
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined570 acresMissouri Department of Conservation179436-10083-09082019-1105
4 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179342-06732-07042019-1525
26 June 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresMissouri Department of Conservation179343-06732-06262019-1415
9 January 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178198-80001-01092019-0940
2 January 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178197-80001-01022019-1650

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mississippi County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Bertrand: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Hedrick Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Mississippi County

Storms near this place

14 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bertrand in 14 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 6 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 lightning. 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
March 2008FloodBertrand$900,000Many streets were flooded in East Prairie. Almost one million dollars in damage occurred to public infrastructure such as roads. A rainfall total of 4.32 inches was measured at the airport near East Prairie.
April 2008FloodBertrand$80,000County Road 401 collapsed due to heavy rainfall. Between 40 and 50 county roads were impassable. In the city of East Prairie, at least five roads were impassable. Two schools dismissed early due to sewer overflows. Several state highways were closed due to flooding, including the entire length of Routes YY and B. U.S. Highway 60 near Bertrand was reduced to one lane.
January 2005Thunderstorm WindBertrand$75,000A thunderstorm downburst, with estimated peak winds near 75 MPH, struck this farming community located just off Interstate 57. A couple of irrigation systems were overturned. A co-op building received minor damage, including a corner of the metal roof peeled back. Shingles were blown off a home. A few mobile homes were damaged, including two with significant roof damage and one shifted off its foundation. The roof was peeled off a large storage shed. A half dozen trees were uprooted, and several large tree branches were down. The width of the damage area was about one-quarter mile. This downburst was the second one produced by this thunderstorm complex in southeast Missouri. The first downburst occurred just east of Poplar Bluff.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindBertrand$35,000Thunderstorm outflow winds blew down a line of 8 power poles across Hwy 62. No tree damage occurred in the area.
January 1999LightningBertrand$30,000Lightning struck a residence, setting it on fire. The house was destroyed.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindBertrand$5,000Trees were down near the intersection of U.S. Highway 62 and Missouri Route 77, blocking both roads.
May 2017HailBertrand-A trained spotter reported nickel to quarter-size hail.
June 2014Heavy RainBertrand-Minor street flooding was reported.
December 2010Funnel CloudBertrand-A trained spotter reported a rotating funnel cloud.
December 2015HailBertrand-no account filed
April 2004HailBertrand-no account filed
May 2003HailBertrand-no account filed
May 2003HailBertrand-no account filed
May 2000HailBertrand-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Mississippi 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
Never Spur (historical)1.0 miles11
Buckeye2.1 miles11
Charleston5.5 miles13
Dogwood5.8 miles11
Hallett (historical)6.9 miles13
Texas Bend7.0 miles13
Catalpa8.6 miles13
Anniston8.8 miles11

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 BertrandAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q953087The 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 714002. 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.