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Bismarck, Missouri

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Iron Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63624. The Survey maps it on the Flat River quadrangle. 1,239 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,025 feet above sea level.

Bismarck within St. Francois County

Population over time

2 figures

Bismarck fell from 1,546 to 1,239 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
20101,546
20201,239-307 (-20%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 21 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

32 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Bismarck between 1992 and 2020, burning about 403 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 burning19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Arson/incendiarism3
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
26 September 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation230895-09402-09262020-0931
16 June 2016Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation137758-09401-06162016-1409
10 May 1992Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178502-09401-04052019-1131
28 April 1993Debris and open burning6.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 April 1997Debris and open burning30 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
19 April 1995Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
13 April 1992Debris and open burning10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Francois County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Bismarck: 8 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Lead, Flagstone, Iron, Manganese. 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
Buford MtnIron, ManganesePast Producer
Unknown-SsFlagstonePast Producer
Guignon Lagiaue MineLeadPast Producer
Iron MountainIronPast Producer1845
Iron Mountain MineIronPast Producer
Iron Mountain MineIronPast Producer1803, 1843
Swallow MineLeadPast Producer
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in St. Francois County

Storms near this place

22 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bismarck in 22 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 12 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2023Thunderstorm WindBismarck-Widespread wind damage across Bismarck. Several large trees and power lines as well as numerous tree limbs were blown down.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindBismarck-Thunderstorm winds snapped a power pole on West Main Street just south of town. Also, numerous tree limbs, as well as several trees were blown down on Grider Road and onto Rock Road just east of town.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindBismarck-Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous tree limbs in Bismarck, Bonne Terre, Park Hills and Farmington.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindBismarck-A line of severe storms moved through St. Francois County. Numerous trees, tree limbs and power lines were blown down in Bismarck, Leadwood, Park Hills, Leadington, Desloge, and Farmington.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindBismarck-Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous tree limbs and power lines in Bismarck, Park Hills and Bonne Terre.
May 2009Tornado (EF1)Bismarck-Most of the damage in Bismarck was caused by one small tornado. The survey of damage indicated a brief tornado touched down near Highway BB and Cherry Street, then moved eastward to the northeast edge of town along School Drive. Most of the damage was to trees, with minor roof damage also common. More substantial damage was done to a preschool building along Campus Drive, with the gabled roof torn completely from the well constructed masonry building and thrown into the adjacent parking lot. Damage patterns showed reliable indications of rotation. The path length was approximately six tenths of a mile long and 200 yards wide. The severity of roof damage to the preschool building warrents an intensity ranking of EF1 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale.
May 2005HailBismarck-The public reported 3/4 inch hail in Bismarck.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindBismarck-Local law enforcement reported some trees and power lines down in town.
June 2004Tornado (F0)Bismarck-A rare anticyclonic tornado hit the town of Bismarck at about 845 am. The tornado occurred just south of the apex of a mini-bowing segment. Some large trees were downed which damaged a couple of homes and automobiles. One business lost part of its roof while another older building had a wall blown in.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindBismarck-A downburst occurred just south of the tornado track that hit Bismarck. The wind downed trees and power lines.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindBismarck-The County Sheriff reported numerous trees and power lines down in Bismark
June 1997Thunderstorm WindBismarck-County sheriff reported trees down and some roof shingles blown off on the west side of Bismarck.
April 1994Thunderstorm WindBismarck-A sheriff deputy reported wind gusts to 60 mph.
April 2026HailBismarck-no account filed
April 2026HailBismarck-no account filed
April 2026HailBismarck-no account filed
March 2025HailBismarck-no account filed
February 2023HailBismarck-no account filed
June 2008HailBismarck-no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindBismarck-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindBismarck-no account filed
June 1998HailBismarck-no account filed

Every storm recorded in St. Francois 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
Davis4.0 miles21
Iron Mountain5.2 miles24
Iron Mountain Lake5.3 miles25
Wortham5.3 miles21
Loughboro5.5 miles21
Mitchell5.9 miles21
Derby6.0 miles21
West Elvins6.0 miles21

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 BismarckAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q962686The 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 755776. 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.