Collins, Missouri
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Collins Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64738. It stands on East Branch Coon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Weaubleau quadrangle. 125 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 853 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresCollins fell from 159 to 125 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 | 159 | |
| 2020 | 125 | -34 (-21%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1886 USGS Stockton quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1940 USGS Weaubleau quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Weaubleau quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Bolivar quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Weaubleau quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
54 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Collins between 1992 and 2018, burning about 1,092 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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 burning | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 14 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 62 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 20 July 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 13 May 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177539-09339-05132018-1041 |
| 9 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177536-09339-04092018-1641 |
| 9 April 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 138824-09339-04092016-1311 |
| 10 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 13 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177537-09339-04102018-1442 |
| 10 April 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 138831-09339-04102016-0212 |
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 Collins: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baumgardner Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Nelson Brothers Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
48 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Collins in 48 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 26 hail, 19 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Hail | Collins | $250,000 | Hail up to 3 inches in size was reported in a mainly rural area. A few homes and vehicles suffered some damage from the hail. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Collins | $50,000 | Several large trees and large branches were blown down in Collins. An awning was ripped off a gas station. One building had one of its walls blown out and the roof blown off. Several roofs had shingles blown off. A large highway sign was blown down. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Collins | $50,000 | Strong winds associated with severe thunderstorms downed a large tree in Osceola, destroyed a mobile home 2 miles south of Collins along state Route 13, and caused damage to another mobile home and 5 barns from south of Collins to 3 miles northeast of Collins near U.S. Route 54. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Collins | $15,000 | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Collins | $10,000 | A brick building in town suffered minor damage from high winds. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Collins | $8,000 | Strong straight line winds damaged a machine shop, moved a storage shed 6 to 8 feet and snapped off numerous trees tops. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Collins | $5,000 | Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed numerous trees and power lines. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Collins | $1,000 | Reports of numerous trees down and uprooted, along with multiple power outages occurred as winds gusted to an estimated 60 mph. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Collins | $500 | Report of a large limb down. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Collins | - | Hail to the size of ping pong balls fell north of Collins. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Collins | - | Hail to the size of ping pong balls fell in Collins. |
| March 2024 | Flood | Collins | - | Several low water crossings around Collins were flooded and impassable. Coon Creek and Brush Creek were both out of their banks in these areas. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Collins | - | Report of golf ball size hail. |
| April 2024 | Flood | Collins | - | County Road SE 900 at South Fork Weaubleau Creek was flooded and impassable. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Collins | - | Large limbs greater than six inches broke off a tree. Report was received via social media. |
| December 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Collins | - | There was a picture on social media of a tree snapped in Collins. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Collins | - | Multiple trees were uprooted near SE 1000 Road and SE 801 Road near Collins. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Collins | - | Several trees were reported down. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Collins | - | Public estimated 50 mph wind gusts. |
| November 2010 | Flash Flood | Collins | - | Highway 54 flooded at the intersection of Cedar Creek, three miles west of Collins. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Collins | - | Thunderstorms wind gusts downed a tree along Highway 54. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Collins | - | Damaging winds downed trees across rural southeast St. Clair County. |
| June 1994 | Hail | Collins | - | Dime-size hail fell and large tree limbs were torn off of trees. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Collins | - | Dime-size hail fell and large tree limbs were torn off of trees. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Collins | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Hail | Collins | - | no account filed |
| February 2009 | Hail | Collins | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Collins | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Collins | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Collins | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Collins | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Collins | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Collins | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Collins | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Collins | - | no account filed |
| December 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Collins | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Collins | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Collins | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Collins | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Collins | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Collins | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Collins | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Collins | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Collins | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Collins | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Collins | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Collins | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Collins | - | 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.
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 Collins | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2044730 | 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 755911. 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.







