Bolckow, Missouri
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Benton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64427. It stands on White Cloud Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bolckow quadrangle. 163 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 951 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBolckow fell from 187 to 163 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 | 187 | |
| 2020 | 163 | -24 (-13%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1927 USGS Bolckow quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Bolckow quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Bolckow quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Maryville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
13 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Bolckow between 1999 and 2020, burning about 170 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 | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.2 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178425-00205-07102018-1520 |
| 13 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178424-00205-05132018-1940 |
| 12 May 2018 | Other causes | 2.3 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178423-00205-05122018-1825 |
| 23 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 55 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176703-00201-03232018-1238 |
| 22 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 95 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176702-00201-03222018-2120 |
| 17 March 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 13 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176700-00201-03132018-1543 |
| 1 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190463-00205-03012020-0835 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Bolckow: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
Storms near this place
16 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bolckow in 16 storm reports between 1994 and 2019: 7 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1994 | Hail | Bolckow | $50,000 | Golf ball-size hail broke windows and damage roofs. Strong wind also downed large trees. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bolckow | $25,000 | A Northeast Andrew County citizen reported damage to a large farm storage building from severe thunderstorms winds. The same storm also knocked over 2 large trees. A severe weather spotter in Rochester reported wind gusts to 55 MPH. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bolckow | $10,000 | Trees were down in Bolckow near Ann Street with some of the tree damage down on a car. |
| May 2007 | Flood | Bolckow | $4,000 | The 102 River at Rosendale had its second highest crest ever on May 7, 2007. It crested at 23.50 feet, or 5.50 feet above flood stage. Nearly every home in the town suffered flood damage. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bolckow | $1,000 | A power pole was blown over at Highway 71 and Route Y. Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 70 mph. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Bolckow | - | Route B was closed due to water over the road. |
| June 2004 | Flash Flood | Bolckow | - | Rivers and creeks out of their banks. |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bolckow | - | Emergency Management officials reported wind gusts to 60 MPH at Bolckow during a severe thunderstorm. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bolckow | - | Golf ball-size hail broke windows and damage roofs. Strong wind also downed large trees. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Bolckow | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Bolckow | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bolckow | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Bolckow | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Bolckow | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Bolckow | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Bolckow | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midway | 2.5 miles | 12 | |
| Cawood | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Rea | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Rosendale | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Rankin | 6.0 miles | 12 | |
| Wyeth | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Whitesville | 6.5 miles | 13 | |
| Nida (historical) | 8.0 miles | 12 |
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 Bolckow | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q962005 | 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 714496. 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.






