Bloomfield, Missouri
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Castor Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63825. The Survey maps it on the Bloomfield quadrangle. 1,755 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 482 feet above sea level.
On record in Bloomfield
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 2 records
Stoddard County Courthouselisted 1984- Henry Miller Houselisted 2018
Population over time
2 figuresBloomfield fell from 1,933 to 1,755 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 | 1,933 | |
| 2020 | 1,755 | -178 (-9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1934 USGS Bloomfield quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1939 USGS Bloomfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Bloomfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Dyersburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1963 USGS Bloomfield quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Bloomfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1985 USGS Sikeston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Bloomfield between 1995 and 2020, burning about 175 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 | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 8.3 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 230920-10395-09272020-1600 |
| 7 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.4 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177386-10395-08072018-1237 |
| 23 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 210550-10395-06232020-1805 |
| 13 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 210528-10395-06132020-1700 |
| 5 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | 122 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 23 October 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 40 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 140842-10395-10232016-1728 |
| 2 October 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.8 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179446-10395-10022019-1745 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 46 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 46 workings within 5 miles of Bloomfield: 41 past producers, 4 producers, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tertiary Land | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Dunn Shaft | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Brown Sand & Gravel-Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lemons Pit + Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
28 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bloomfield in 28 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 14 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 1 tornado, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomfield | $100,000 | In Advance, the roof was blown off a block building, chain link fences were down, and numerous trees were down. On the school grounds in Advance, a dugout at a baseball field collapsed with students inside it. An auto dealership on the south edge of Advance lost its roof and back wall. No injuries were reported. In Bloomfield, large trees were down. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomfield | $50,000 | Just west of Bloomfield, large trees were blown across homes and roadways. In Advance, an 80-year-old pecan tree blew down, landing on a new motor home. The motor home was extensively damaged. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Bloomfield | $30,000 | Hailstones measuring 3 inches in diameter were photographed by an observer east of Bloomfield. Vehicles received considerable damage. Golf-ball size hail was reported north of Bloomfield. |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomfield | $30,000 | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomfield | $25,000 | Numerous trees were uprooted. Roofing was peeled off a number of buildings, including part of the county courthouse. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomfield | $20,000 | Numerous large trees were blown down. One tree fell on a house. A shed was flipped upside down and tossed across a yard. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomfield | $5,000 | Several trees were blown down. |
| September 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomfield | $4,000 | A few trees were blown down. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomfield | $4,000 | A few trees were uprooted. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Bloomfield | $2,000 | Golf-ball size hail fell in Bloomfield. Baseball-size hail fell on Highway 25 about two miles north of town. Photos of baseball-size hail, taken just northwest of Bloomfield, were published in the local newspaper. Little damage was reported at the residence where the hail occurred. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomfield | $1,000 | Some small branches were broken in Bloomfield. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomfield | $1,000 | A tree fell across the road. |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomfield | $500 | Scattered large trees were knocked down across the county. Power lines were also blown down east of Bloomfield. |
| March 2022 | Flood | Bloomfield | - | Minor flooding was reported in low-lying areas. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Bloomfield | - | Quarter-size hail occurred on the northwest side of town. |
| April 2014 | Funnel Cloud | Bloomfield | - | Two funnel clouds were reported by trained spotters, possibly the remnants of the tornado that moved across western Stoddard County earlier. |
| November 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomfield | - | Trees were blown down along County Highway 514. |
| November 2003 | Lightning | Bloomfield | - | A commercial building was destroyed by a fire that was believed to have been started by lightning. Two discount stores were located in the building on Highway 25. |
| April 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Bloomfield | - | A weak tornado briefly touched down near the intersection of Highway 25 and M Highway. No damage was reported. |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomfield | - | Scattered large trees were knocked down across the county. Power lines were also blown down east of Bloomfield. |
| March 2006 | Hail | Bloomfield | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Bloomfield | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Heavy Rain | Bloomfield | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Bloomfield | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Bloomfield | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Bloomfield | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomfield | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Bloomfield | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idalia | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Aquilla | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Old Shawnee Village (historical) | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Avert | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Guam | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Zeta (historical) | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Aid | 6.0 miles | 11 | |
| Essex | 6.2 miles | 13 |
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 Bloomfield | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q952941 | 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 714383. 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.






