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Bowling Green, Missouri

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Cuivre Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63334. The Survey maps it on the Bowling Green quadrangle. 4,195 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 892 feet above sea level.

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Bowling Green within Pike County

On record in Bowling Green

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 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Bowling Green fell from 5,334 to 4,195 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
20105,334
20204,195-1,139 (-21%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 18 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

13 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Bowling Green between 1992 and 2020, burning about 25 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
Debris and open burning8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Recreation and ceremony1
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
21 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation220650-08204-08212020-1532
16 April 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
15 April 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179111-08204-04102019-1347
8 March 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 March 2005Recreation and ceremony10 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
26 March 1992Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
21 March 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pike County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Bowling Green: 4 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Hume QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Magnesium Mining Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pike County

Storms near this place

53 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bowling Green in 53 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 29 hail, 21 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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
September 2021Thunderstorm WindBowling Green$10,000Thunderstorm winds blew a tree down onto an unoccupied car causing moderate damage.
August 2004LightningBowling Green$10,000Lightning struck the television tower on a home in the Bowling Green area ultimately setting the home's deck and some siding on fire. Damage was estimated at $10,000.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindBowling Green-Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees, power lines and numerous tree limbs over the eastern portions of Pike County, especially in Bowling Green, Louisiana and Clarksville areas.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindBowling Green-Large trees covered roadways as a result of thunderstorm wind gusts. The line of storms intensified as it passed over Bowling Green.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindBowling Green-A building in Bowling Green sustained siding damage on two sides of the building from thunderstorm winds.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindBowling Green-Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees. A couple of the trees knocked down power lines causing power outages.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindBowling Green-Thunderstorm winds blew a large tree over as well as numerous tree limbs.
December 2008Thunderstorm WindBowling Green-Thunderstorm winds blew the roof off of the concession stand at the Pike County Fairgrounds, as well as a portion of the roof of a barn.
October 2007Thunderstorm WindBowling Green-Damaging winds moved through the Bowling Green area. Numerous trees and tree limbs were blown down around town. Also, a tin roof from a storage building was thrown into another building's roof, putting a hole in it. One tree fell onto a house, damaging the porch and putting a large hole in the roof. At the Pike County Fairgrounds, a ticket booth was flung about and a nearby machine shed was severely damaged.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindBowling Green-The County sheriff reported large tree limbs down along Highway 54 just west of Bowling Green.
May 2003HailBowling Green-The Sheriff Department reported 1 inch hail.
December 2002HailBowling Green-The Sheriff's Department reported 3/4 inch hail covering the ground.
December 2002HailBowling Green-The Sheriff's Department reported 3/4 inch hail.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindBowling Green-The County Sheriff reported trees and power lines down.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindBowling Green-The County Sheriff reported trees and power lines down blocking County Road UU.
April 2001HailBowling Green-The Sheriff Department reported 3/4 inch hail in Bowling Green.
March 2000HailBowling Green-The county Sheriff reported 1 inch hail on the west side of Bowling Green.
April 2000HailBowling Green-Storm spotters reported 1 inch hail.
April 2000HailBowling Green-Storm spotters reported 1 inch hail.
September 2000Thunderstorm WindBowling Green-The County Sheriff reported trees down in Bowling Green. At least one vehicle was damaged by a downed tree.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindBowling Green-Local law enforcement reported trees and power lines down in Bowling Green.
March 1998Thunderstorm WindBowling Green-The roof of a motel was damaged by thunderstorm wind gusts.
April 2015HailBowling Green-no account filed
April 2014HailBowling Green-no account filed
April 2011HailBowling Green-no account filed
April 2011HailBowling Green-no account filed
May 2011HailBowling Green-no account filed
June 2011HailBowling Green-no account filed
April 2010HailBowling Green-no account filed
December 2010HailBowling Green-no account filed
July 2010Thunderstorm WindBowling Green-no account filed
March 2006HailBowling Green-no account filed
March 2006HailBowling Green-no account filed
August 2006Thunderstorm WindBowling Green-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindBowling Green-no account filed
May 2004HailBowling Green-no account filed
May 2004HailBowling Green-no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindBowling Green-no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindBowling Green-no account filed
May 2003Funnel CloudBowling Green-no account filed
May 2003HailBowling Green-no account filed
May 2003HailBowling Green-no account filed
May 2003HailBowling Green-no account filed
May 2003HailBowling Green-no account filed
April 2000Thunderstorm WindBowling Green-no account filed
April 1999HailBowling Green-no account filed
April 1999HailBowling Green-no account filed
April 1999HailBowling Green-no account filed
April 1999HailBowling Green-no account filed
June 1998HailBowling Green-no account filed
November 1998Thunderstorm WindBowling Green-no account filed
April 1997HailBowling Green-no account filed
May 1996Tornado (F0)Bowling Green-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pike 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
Tarrants1.2 miles18
Vera3.7 miles18
Saint Clement4.1 miles18
McCune5.2 miles18
Cyrene6.1 miles18
Ashley6.4 miles18
Curryville7.9 miles17
Edgewood8.0 miles18

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 Bowling GreenAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q175242The 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 714585. 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.