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Fairfax, Missouri

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Clark Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64446. The Survey maps it on the Fairfax quadrangle. 648 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 909 feet above sea level.

Fairfax within Atchison County

Population over time

2 figures

Fairfax grew from 638 to 648 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
2010638
2020648+10 (+2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

17 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Fairfax between 2018 and 2020, burning about 54 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Equipment and vehicle use3

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
19 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179103-00307-08192019-1510
4 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation230833-00307-07042020-2300
4 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177635-00307-07042018-0130
3 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177634-00307-07032018-0314
15 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179101-00307-07152019-0659
8 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.3 acresMissouri Department of Conservation190401-00307-04082020-1511
25 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179097-00307-04252019-1005
19 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresMissouri Department of Conservation200553-00307-04192020-1325

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Atchison County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Fairfax: 2 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Atchison County

Storms near this place

31 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fairfax in 31 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 17 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 1994HailFairfax$500,000Hail the size of tennis balls caused extensive damage to roofs, windows, and automobiles in Rockport, Tarkio, and Fairfax. Corn and bean crops in the area were also damaged.
March 2019FloodFairfax$100,000Once the Missouri River started flooding on March 9, it remained in flood through the remainder of the month. The gauge in Brownsville, Nebraska - along the west bank of the Missouri River - reached 45.73 feet on March 16 (preliminarily a new record). The flooding was caused by several rounds of heavy snow across the Northern Plains through the winter months, followed by a rapid warm-up and several days of heavy rain. The Missouri River Basin across the Northern Plains flooded with catastrophic consequences as numerous dams and levees failed. As the water flowed into the Missouri River upstream of Atchison County, the river swelled and ultimately overwhelmed the levees along the river. Most the worst damage occurred near Watson, when a nearby levee failed and inundated the city with several inches of water. Local fields were also submerged, which delayed the growing season in the region, but several roads were washed away across Atchison County, and I-29 from St. Joseph northward to the Iowa/Missouri border was closed until mid May. Note: The dollar valued assigned to this event is likely inaccurate as a full tally of the extent of the physical damages is unknown. The Missouri River remained in flood through the rest of the month, into April.
March 2006Thunderstorm WindFairfax$25,000Roof blown off shed. Trees damaged and highway signs snapped off on Highway 46.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindFairfax$10,000Emergency Manager reports massive blow down across southern Atchison county, from Fairfax to the county line. Widespread trees and power poles down. Entire corn fields mowed down by straight line winds.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindFairfax$2,000Power lines were reported down on Highway 59.
June 2008FloodFairfax$2,000Levy break was reported near Fairfax on the Tarkio River.
October 2024Thunderstorm WindFairfax-Downed wires and widespread power outages in southeastern Atchison County.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindFairfax-Tree limbs were blown down and a grain bin was blown over along Highway 59 near Fairfax. The size and condition of the tree limbs are unknown.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindFairfax-An 18-wheel rig was blown over on Highway J west of Fairfax.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindFairfax-Powerlines were down throughout the town of Fairfax. A few trees were uprooted and grain bins were down across the area. This report was received via social media.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindFairfax-Dispatch received a report of 70-80 mph wind near Fairfax, Missouri.
April 2014HailFairfax-Dime size hail lasted for three minutes.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindFairfax-Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindFairfax-Trees were reported down. Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph.
August 2007Tornado (EF0)Fairfax-Brief tornado touchdown at 1745 CST just north northwest of Fairfax. No damage or injuries reported.
April 1999Thunderstorm WindFairfax-Unspecified wind damage was reported along I-29.
August 1998HailFairfax-Nickel-size hail was reported during a severe thunderstorm 3 miles north of Fairfax.
June 2022HailFairfax-no account filed
May 2018HailFairfax-no account filed
April 2014HailFairfax-no account filed
May 2014HailFairfax-no account filed
May 2013HailFairfax-no account filed
August 2011HailFairfax-no account filed
March 2009HailFairfax-no account filed
May 2004HailFairfax-no account filed
May 2004HailFairfax-no account filed
August 2004HailFairfax-no account filed
August 2004HailFairfax-no account filed
August 2004HailFairfax-no account filed
April 2003HailFairfax-no account filed
June 2000HailFairfax-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Atchison 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
Milton3.9 miles13
Nishnabotna6.8 miles14
Tarkio7.1 miles12
Rock Port8.2 miles12
York8.3 miles12
Dotham8.3 miles14
Oswald9.5 miles14
Langdon10.0 miles14

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 FairfaxAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q961574The 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 717732. 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.