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.
Population over time
2 figuresBertrand 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 821 | |
| 2020 | 718 | -103 (-13%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1939 USGS Charleston quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Charleston quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Dyersburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1969 USGS Bertrand quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sikeston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 2019Regional 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/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 570 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179436-10083-09082019-1105 |
| 4 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179342-06732-07042019-1525 |
| 26 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179343-06732-06262019-1415 |
| 9 January 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178198-80001-01092019-0940 |
| 2 January 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178197-80001-01022019-1650 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hedrick Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
14 since 1999Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2008 | Flood | Bertrand | $900,000 | Many 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 2008 | Flood | Bertrand | $80,000 | County 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 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bertrand | $75,000 | A 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 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bertrand | $35,000 | Thunderstorm outflow winds blew down a line of 8 power poles across Hwy 62. No tree damage occurred in the area. |
| January 1999 | Lightning | Bertrand | $30,000 | Lightning struck a residence, setting it on fire. The house was destroyed. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bertrand | $5,000 | Trees were down near the intersection of U.S. Highway 62 and Missouri Route 77, blocking both roads. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Bertrand | - | A trained spotter reported nickel to quarter-size hail. |
| June 2014 | Heavy Rain | Bertrand | - | Minor street flooding was reported. |
| December 2010 | Funnel Cloud | Bertrand | - | A trained spotter reported a rotating funnel cloud. |
| December 2015 | Hail | Bertrand | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Bertrand | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Bertrand | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Bertrand | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Bertrand | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Never Spur (historical) | 1.0 miles | 11 | |
| Buckeye | 2.1 miles | 11 | |
| Charleston | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| Dogwood | 5.8 miles | 11 | |
| Hallett (historical) | 6.9 miles | 13 | |
| Texas Bend | 7.0 miles | 13 | |
| Catalpa | 8.6 miles | 13 | |
| Anniston | 8.8 miles | 11 |
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 Bertrand | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q953087 | 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 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.




