Eolia, Missouri
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Prairieville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63344. The Survey maps it on the Eolia quadrangle. 472 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 827 feet above sea level.
On record in Eolia
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 2 records
St. John's Episcopal Churchlisted 1970- Griffith-McCune Farmstead Historic Districtlisted 1992
Population over time
2 figuresEolia fell from 522 to 472 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 | 522 | |
| 2020 | 472 | -50 (-10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1890 USGS Louisiana quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1937 USGS Silex quadrangle1:62500
- 1939 USGS Silex quadrangle1:48000
- 1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1975 USGS Eolia quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Mexico quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
22 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Eolia between 1994 and 2019, burning about 191 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179678-08213-09252019-1555 |
| 19 September 2019 | Smoking | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179677-08213-09192019-1250 |
| 2 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 1 July 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179676-08213-07012019-0625 |
| 10 June 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 7 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 6.2 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176446-08213-04072018-1005 |
| 24 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 13 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176508-08213-04132018-1616 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Eolia: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Clay | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Clay | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Clay | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Clay | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eolia in 9 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eolia | - | Thunderstorm winds uprooted a tree across Highway D. There were multiple trees down on Highway D outside of Eolia. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eolia | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees and numerous tree limbs around Eolia. One tree fell onto a house causing moderate damage. |
| June 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Eolia | - | A tornado touched down about a mile and a quarter west of Eolia and traveled to the east, lifting and dissipating half a mile west of Eolia. The only damage found along the path was broken tree branches and some patterns in the vegetation. The damage was rated EF0 with a path length of 0.65 miles and a max path width of 40 yards. |
| December 2002 | Hail | Eolia | - | Storm spotters reported 3/4 inch hail just north of Eolia. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eolia | - | Amateur radio spotters reported 60 mph wind gusts. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eolia | - | Amateur radio spotters reported wind gusts around 60 mph. |
| April 2010 | Hail | Eolia | - | no account filed |
| January 2008 | Hail | Eolia | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eolia | - | 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 Eolia | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2404407 | 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 717613. 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.






