Cowgill, Missouri
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Lincoln Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64637. The Survey maps it on the Cowgill quadrangle. 168 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 971 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresCowgill fell from 188 to 168 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 | 188 | |
| 2020 | 168 | -20 (-11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1924 USGS Braymer quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Chillicothe quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Cowgill quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
3 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Cowgill between 1992 and 2012, burning about 915 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 burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 902 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | HIGHWAY E |
| 7 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 29 January 1992 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
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 Cowgill: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braymer Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Hatfield Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Riddle Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
18 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cowgill in 18 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 9 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cowgill | $25,000 | Two barns were destroyed. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cowgill | $15,000 | Property owner near Cowgill reported a few 1 to 2 foot diameter trees down, along with some shingle damage to the roof of the home and a metal roof peeled back on the barn. |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cowgill | $1,000 | Trees and power lines down. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cowgill | $1,000 | Large tree and power lines down. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Cowgill | - | Quarter sized hail just southeast of Cowgill. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cowgill | - | Estimated 60 mph winds with trees and power lines downed in Cowgill. |
| June 2021 | Flood | Cowgill | - | There was a social media report of some flooding over Highway F near Cowgill. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cowgill | - | A 5 inch tree limb was snapped. Report was received via social media. |
| May 2010 | Flash Flood | Cowgill | - | Water was reported flowing over Highway 116. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Cowgill | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Cowgill | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Cowgill | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Cowgill | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Cowgill | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Cowgill | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Cowgill | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Cowgill | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cowgill | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Oak | 4.8 miles | 11 | |
| Easterville | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Polo | 6.1 miles | 14 | |
| Bonanza | 6.3 miles | 11 | |
| Shoal | 6.5 miles | 11 | |
| Gould Farm | 6.8 miles | 11 | |
| Braymer | 7.2 miles | 11 | |
| Catawba | 7.5 miles | 11 |
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 Cowgill | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q953266 | 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 730076. 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.






