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Diamond, Missouri

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Marion Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64840. The Survey maps it on the Granby quadrangle. 831 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,158 feet above sea level.

Diamond within Newton County

On record in Diamond

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

Diamond fell from 902 to 831 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
2010902
2020831-71 (-8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

80 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Diamond between 1992 and 2020, burning about 343 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 burning58
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism1
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1

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
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation241111-07311-09062020-1443
28 September 2019Smokingunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179439-07311-09282019-1517
22 September 2000Debris and open burning10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
16 September 2000Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 August 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
31 August 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
30 August 2000Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Newton County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 30 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Diamond: 30 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Zinc, Lead, Zinc, 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
Unknown - Coal & ZnCoal, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - Zn & ClayZinc, Fire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Buckson MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Henckel Mine South ShaftsLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - Zn & PbLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - Zn & PbLead, ZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Newton County

Storms near this place

54 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Diamond in 54 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 29 hail, 15 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 4 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 1997Thunderstorm WindDiamond$40,000Thunderstorm winds flipped over and severely damaged two mobile homes.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindDiamond$20,000Several power poles were down and broken in the Diamond Area.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindDiamond$20,000Several large trees were snapped and uprooted around the town of Diamond. A couple trees fell on houses and outbuildings which caused minor damage.
May 2001Tornado (F0)Diamond$10,000no account filed
February 2023Thunderstorm WindDiamond$5,000A large tree was reported down on a home. Minor damage was reported to the home.
May 2010FloodDiamond$5,000Minor flooding to two homes was reported.
March 2010HailDiamond$5,000no account filed
May 2010HailDiamond$5,000no account filed
May 2025Thunderstorm WindDiamond$3,000Report of tree damage.
April 1993HailDiamond$500no account filed
September 1994Tornado (F0)Diamond$20Single touchdown at junctionof J and B Highways. Damage to house and numerous trees uprooted. Length and width is an estimate. Report by Diamond Fire Department.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindDiamond-A tree was uprooted and several large limbs were down.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindDiamond-A large tree was reported down.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindDiamond-The top a a large tree was blown off.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindDiamond-A large tree was reported down blocking Highway FF west of Highway 59.
May 2020HailDiamond-Golf ball sized hail was reported 2 miles northeast of Diamond in a rural area.
November 2020Thunderstorm WindDiamond-A wind gust of 58 mph was reported.
June 2019Heavy RainDiamond-A 24 hour rainfall of 4.40 inches was measured by the public and relayed via social media.
June 2019Flash FloodDiamond-Water was reported over Highway V making it impassable.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindDiamond-A large tree was down blocking traffic.
September 2014HailDiamond-The ground was covered by hail.
July 2010Flash FloodDiamond-The intersection of Highway 59 and FF was flooded and closed.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindDiamond-Thunderstorm wind gusts destroyed a wood fence.
June 2005Tornado (F0)Diamond-A storm chaser recorded video of a small tornado that briefly touched down in an open field. No damage occurred from the tornado.
May 2004Flash FloodDiamond-A section of Highway 59 near Diamond was inundated with flooding from heavy thunderstorms.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindDiamond-Two trees were downed from severe thunderstorm wind gusts.
March 1998Thunderstorm WindDiamond-Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.
September 1994Tornado (F0)Diamond-Touchdown was in open field. Length and width estimated. Report by Diamond Fire Department.
March 2017HailDiamond-no account filed
May 2017HailDiamond-no account filed
May 2017HailDiamond-no account filed
May 2017HailDiamond-no account filed
April 2017HailDiamond-no account filed
March 2016HailDiamond-no account filed
March 2015HailDiamond-no account filed
March 2010HailDiamond-no account filed
May 2010HailDiamond-no account filed
May 2010HailDiamond-no account filed
October 2009HailDiamond-no account filed
June 2008HailDiamond-no account filed
June 2007HailDiamond-no account filed
April 2003Thunderstorm WindDiamond-no account filed
May 2003HailDiamond-no account filed
May 2003HailDiamond-no account filed
May 2003HailDiamond-no account filed
May 2003HailDiamond-no account filed
July 2003HailDiamond-no account filed
April 2001HailDiamond-no account filed
April 2001HailDiamond-no account filed
May 2001HailDiamond-no account filed
February 1997Flash FloodDiamond-no account filed
June 1996HailDiamond-no account filed
April 1996HailDiamond-no account filed
April 1996HailDiamond-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Newton 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
Pepsin4.4 miles18
Granby City4.4 miles14
Tipton Ford6.0 miles14
Granby6.2 miles14
Park6.4 miles11
Ritchey7.8 miles11
Fredville7.8 miles14
Saginaw8.3 miles19

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 DiamondAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q956355The 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 716874. 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.