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Ellsinore, Missouri

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Johnson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63937. The Survey maps it on the Ellsinore quadrangle. 416 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 745 feet above sea level.

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Ellsinore within Carter County

Population over time

2 figures

Ellsinore fell from 446 to 416 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
2010446
2020416-30 (-7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

55 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Ellsinore between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,744 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 14 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 burning21
Arson/incendiarism14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
4 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresMark Twain National ForestOTIS
26 September 2004Debris and open burning1.0 acresMark Twain National ForestLOG CABIN FIRE
21 September 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
19 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresMark Twain National ForestDD FIRE
28 August 2007Arson/incendiarism102 acresMark Twain National ForestSOUTHFORK
19 August 2006Debris and open burning1.5 acresMark Twain National ForestAPRILS FOOLS 2
19 August 1993Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
17 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carter County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Ellsinore: 9 past producers, 3 prospects, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
Crescent MineIronPast Producer
Crommer & Mcpherson BankIronProspect
Devils Kitchen MineIronPast Producer
Hutchinson MineIronPast Producer
Kime & Hartley ProspectIronProspect
Malin MineIronPast Producer
Moreland BankIronOccurrence
Orchard Mine Pit # 1IronPast Producer
Orchard Mine Pit # 2IronPast Producer
Orchard Mine Pit # 5IronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Carter County

Storms near this place

60 of 63 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ellsinore in 63 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 24 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 10 flood, 5 flash flood. The reports record 1 death and 5 injuries. 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
March 2006Flash FloodEllsinore1 killed, $25,000Flash flooding of Ten Mile Creek caused the death of a 57-year-old man. The man drowned when the flat bed truck he was driving was swept off the road as he was attempting to cross the creek. The incident occurred on a private gravel road off Highway B. The truck was swept downstream about 50 yards and overturned in the creek, resting upside down. The body was recovered still in the truck. The incident was estimated to have happened around 6 A.M. CST when he attempted to drive across the creek to a hog barn.
April 2004Tornado (F2)Ellsinore5 hurt, $600,000The tornado touched down about one mile south of the intersection of U.S. Highway 60 and County Highway 233 in eastern Carter County. The tornado tracked north-northeast, passing only about a mile west of the town of Ellsinore. The tornado damage path ended on County Road 365 less than one half mile before reaching the Wayne County line. Peak winds in the tornado were estimated at 150 MPH. Most of the injured were in a mobile home on the north side of U.S. Highway 60. Their mobile home was picked up and thrown into some trees. One person was critically injured. The critically injured person was paralyzed when her back and neck was broken, and she was airlifted to a St. Louis area hospital. Another person received a broken arm, and most of the remaining injuries were scrapes and cuts. The tornado destroyed a total of three mobile homes, a storage facility, and numerous sheds. Two homes and one business were severely damaged. Numerous vehicles were damaged.
April 2011Flash FloodEllsinore$60,000Five feet of water was running across the intersection of Highway H and County Road 327. Washed out trees were in the roadway. Sections of County Road 327 were washed out.
May 2017Flash FloodEllsinore$50,000Flash flooding of two creeks in Ellsinore reached into some homes. In Van Buren, up to four inches of water was observed flowing across a street.
April 2017Flash FloodEllsinore$50,000Flash flooding of creeks was reported throughout the county. Emergency management officials conducted evacuations of residents near creeks in parts of Fremont. Numerous water rescues were conducted, especially from around Van Buren to Fremont. About five miles south of Ellsinore, Highway K was closed north of Highway B due to flooding.
June 1995Tornado (F0)Ellsinore$40,000A tornado downed trees along N Highway.
March 1996HailEllsinore$30,000no account filed
July 2023LightningEllsinore$20,000Lightning set a barn on fire.
March 1996Thunderstorm WindEllsinore$20,000no account filed
April 2023Tornado (EF0)Ellsinore$10,000This was the start of the tornado track as determined by an aerial survey from the USDA Forest Service. Trees were uprooted. Peak winds were estimated near 85 mph in this very short section of track in Carter County. The tornado quickly entered Wayne County in a highly forested area.
March 2020Tornado (EF0)Ellsinore$5,000A few trees and tree limbs were blown down along the brief track that crossed Highway B. Peak winds were estimated near 75 mph based on a NWS damage survey.
June 2019FloodEllsinore$5,000Four to five inches of water was over the roadway at the intersection of FF Highway and County Road 327. Flooding was reported in Van Buren.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindEllsinore$5,000Some trees were blown down around the Ellsinore area.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindEllsinore$5,000A feeder line between Ellsinore and Van Buren was knocked down.
October 2010Thunderstorm WindEllsinore$5,000Trees were down across a few county roads at various locations in the eastern part of Carter County.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindEllsinore$3,000Small trees were knocked down.
January 2000Thunderstorm WindEllsinore$3,000Trees were blown down.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindEllsinore$2,000Two trees were down near County Road 327 and Highway H.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindEllsinore$2,000A couple of trees were down on Highway B between Highway 21 and U.S. Highway 60.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindEllsinore$2,000A couple of small trees were blown down.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindEllsinore$1,000Media relayed a report of a tree blown down north of Ellsinore by downdraft winds. A personal weather station measured a 57 mph wind gust.
September 2022HailEllsinore$1,000Quarter-size hail was reported just west of Ellsinore. Half-dollar size hail broke a house window in Ellsinore.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindEllsinore$1,000A tree was down on V Highway just outside Ellsinore. A car crashed into the downed tree.
April 1994Thunderstorm WindEllsinore$500The county sheriff reported the tops of trees blown off.
April 2021HailEllsinore-Hail covered the ground.
September 2020FloodEllsinore-Emergency management personnel submitted pictures of street flooding in Van Buren and water flowing over a low water crossing near Van Buren. A city street in Ellsinore was closed at a low water crossing bridge due to flooding.
November 2019FloodEllsinore-Three low water crossings were impassable. The storm total rainfall was 3.13 inches at Ellsinore.
March 2018HailEllsinore-Dime-sized hail was reported at the junction of U.S. Highway 60 and State Route 21, and then east to Ellsinore.
May 2018Funnel CloudEllsinore-The funnel cloud was reported by law enforcement northwest of town.
March 2017HailEllsinore-Golf-ball size hail fell from a supercell thunderstorm that produced the funnel cloud near Hunter.
March 2017FloodEllsinore-Nearly a foot of water was over U.S. Highway 60 at Ellsinore. Water was reported over a few roads in Van Buren and Ellsinore, as well as a few rural county roads.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindEllsinore-A trained spotter reported winds gusted to 60 mph.
June 2016FloodEllsinore-A trained spotter reported 3.25 inches of rain fell in 90 minutes. Creeks were out of their banks.
September 2016FloodEllsinore-A trained spotter reported 3.2 inches of rain in 45 minutes near Ellsinore. There was standing water in low-lying areas.
August 2016FloodEllsinore-Widespread flooding of low-lying areas was reported due to several rounds of thunderstorms over the previous few days. Numerous low water crossings and secondary roads were underwater. A lane of Route Z near Chilton was closed due to flooding. K Highway was closed. A trained spotter near Ellsinore measured a storm-total rainfall of 17.56 inches from the early morning of August 12th to the early morning of August 16th. The majority of the rain fell on on the 13th and 14th.
March 2015FloodEllsinore-The storm-total rainfall was 4.32 inches at Ellsinore. Route K was closed by flooding of Ten Mile Creek.
September 2015Heavy RainEllsinore-A trained spotter reported 4.10 inches of rain fell from thunderstorms within 18 hours.
January 2013Heavy RainEllsinore-The 24-hour rainfall total was 4.00 inches.
December 2013FloodEllsinore-Several roads were closed, including sections of Highways K, M, and Z. Carter County Road 259 was flooded by the Little Black Creek.
May 2013Heavy RainEllsinore-Several county roads were closed due to flooding in eastern Carter County. K Highway was closed off of B Highway.
February 2012HailEllsinore-Ping-pong ball size hail occurred along Highway V in town.
May 2011HailEllsinore-Hail of varying sizes was reported. The largest hail was the size of golf balls, which occurred in the path of the tornado that passed just east of Ellsinore. A person in the path of the tornado stated they were collecting some hailstones to place in the freezer when the tornado came into view. The sound of the tornado was familiar, since a tornado rated EF-4 struck the same area in 2002. The person's house lost most of its roof.
April 2011Flash FloodEllsinore-Water rescues were taking place on the south side of Ellsinore.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindEllsinore-A trained spotter estimated a wind gust from 60 to 65 mph.
April 2010Funnel CloudEllsinore-A trained spotter reported a funnel cloud off Highway N.
December 2009FloodEllsinore-A few state roads were closed due to flooding. State Route K was closed just north of Route B. State Route M was closed seven miles north of U.S. Highway 60. State Route Z was closed two miles south of Route 103.
April 2021HailEllsinore-no account filed
March 2020HailEllsinore-no account filed
April 2018HailEllsinore-no account filed
June 2018HailEllsinore-no account filed
April 2013HailEllsinore-no account filed
April 2011HailEllsinore-no account filed
May 2011HailEllsinore-no account filed
August 2009HailEllsinore-no account filed
April 2006HailEllsinore-no account filed
June 2005HailEllsinore-no account filed
October 2001HailEllsinore-no account filed
September 2001HailEllsinore-no account filed
May 2000HailEllsinore-no account filed
August 2000HailEllsinore-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Carter 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
Crites Corner4.2 miles11
Hunter6.2 miles11
Homestead (historical)8.1 miles14
Grandin8.3 miles11
Chilton9.3 miles12
Keeney Corner12.5 miles17
Chicopee14.2 miles13
South Van Buren14.6 miles13

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 EllsinoreAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q956795The 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 749825. 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.