Edgerton, Missouri
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Preston Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64444. It stands on Mitchell Branch. The Survey maps it on the Edgerton quadrangle. 601 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 833 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresEdgerton grew from 546 to 601 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 | 546 | |
| 2020 | 601 | +55 (+10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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.
- 1925 USGS Gower quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1951 USGS Edgerton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Edgerton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Saint Joseph quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Edgerton in 1996, burning about 5 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 1996 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Edgerton: 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blankenship Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Boydston Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Everett & Clark Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Harvant Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Hillix Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
23 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Edgerton in 23 storm reports between 1998 and 2020: 11 hail, 7 flash flood, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2004 | Flash Flood | Edgerton | $100,000 | Bridge washed out on Edgerton Junction Road. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edgerton | $20,000 | There were several tree limbs and at least one tree down in the Edgerton area. One of these tree limbs fell on the roof of a home and punctured through the roof and ceiling. There were no reported injuries. |
| April 2016 | Flash Flood | Edgerton | - | Water was running over a bridge at Grove Creek and B Highway near Edgerton, Missouri. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Edgerton | - | A photo showed water from Grove Creek flowing over Clark Avenue. |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edgerton | - | Tree blown down on house...minor shingle damage. |
| May 2004 | Flash Flood | Edgerton | - | Fry Road and Ball Knob Road closed due to high water. |
| July 2004 | Flash Flood | Edgerton | - | Highway B closed due to heavy rains of up to 3.5 inches. |
| April 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Edgerton | - | Brief tornado touchdown in field along Z highway near I-29. Reported sheriffs office spotter. |
| June 2001 | Flash Flood | Edgerton | - | Heavy rains up to 5 inches fell over the area, resulting in several roads and highways being closed. |
| June 2001 | Flash Flood | Edgerton | - | Flooding continues to close roads at: Edgerton Junction...E Hwy at Skinners bridge...B Hwy and KK Hwy...Unionville Rd...92 Hwy at Todd Creek and at Second Creek. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edgerton | - | The Platte County Sheriff's Office reported downed trees at Edgerton as a result of severe thunderstorm winds. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Edgerton | - | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Hail | Edgerton | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Edgerton | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Edgerton | - | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Hail | Edgerton | - | no account filed |
| September 2004 | Hail | Edgerton | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Edgerton | - | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edgerton | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Edgerton | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Edgerton | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Edgerton | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Hail | Edgerton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edgerton Junction | 2.9 miles | 36 | |
| Ridgely | 3.4 miles | 36 | |
| Camden Point | 6.8 miles | 36 | |
| Dearborn | 7.3 miles | 18 | |
| Stubbs | 8.3 miles | 44 | |
| New Market | 8.8 miles | 18 | |
| Haydite | 9.0 miles | 44 | |
| Kerrville | 9.3 miles | 36 |
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 Edgerton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q963645 | 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 717400. 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.







