Fisk, Missouri
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Ash Hill Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63940. The Survey maps it on the Fisk quadrangle. 312 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 331 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresFisk fell from 342 to 312 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 | 342 | |
| 2020 | 312 | -30 (-9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1934 USGS Puxico quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1939 USGS Puxico quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Fisk quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
17 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Fisk between 1992 and 2020, burning about 63 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/undetermined | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | EASTSIDE |
| 6 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 189936-01201-08062019-1655 |
| 25 August 1996 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 21 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 251234-01201-08212020-1720 |
| 4 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177985-01201-07042018-1128 |
| 25 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177992-01201-07252018-1534 |
| 2 July 1996 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 3 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 251224-01201-06032020-1415 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Fisk: 1 past producer. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
18 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fisk in 18 storm reports between 1994 and 2021: 6 hail, 4 flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 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 2011 | Flood | Fisk | $800,000 | Major flooding continued on the St. Francis River from April. At the Fisk river gage, the river crested at 27.10 feet on the evening of May 3. This was the second highest crest on record, exceeded only by a crest of 28.00 feet in April of 1927. The river came within inches of overtopping a levee on the left bank. Much of Fisk was evacuated. At least one house was inaccessible by vehicle because of floodwaters. |
| May 2017 | Flood | Fisk | $150,000 | Major flooding occurred on the St. Francis River. The river crested at 26.13 feet on the Fisk river gage on the night of the 2nd. The record crest is 28.00 feet in 1927. This part of the river is heavily regulated by the Wappapello Dam. Above the dam, the river was at record levels. Very large amounts of water were released by the dam ahead of the record crest to relieve pressure on the dam. The community of Fisk was endangered by the flooding. |
| February 2008 | Tornado (EF2) | Fisk | $150,000 | The tornado touched down near the intersection of Highways FF and CC. Parts of roofs were ripped off of several houses. As it moved east, it threw tin silos more than 900 yards. One of the silos hit a house and likely played a role in destroying the house. The roof and most of the exterior walls were blown off the three bedroom brick house. The family survived in a closet near the back room of the house unhurt. At the same location, an abandoned mobile home was destroyed, and the metal frame was bent. Debris from this area was spread east about 1.5 miles. Peak estimated wind speeds were near 130 mph. The damage path continued into Stoddard County. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fisk | $75,000 | High winds ripped the metal roof off a storage building at the elementary school. Debris from the roof struck the elementary school, damaging air conditioning units and a corner of the school roof. Parts of the roof were wrapped around a telephone pole. Highway DD was closed because of debris. Windows were broken on two school busses. Some trees were damaged. A telephone pole snapped. At a nearby house, a porch roof was damaged and a window was broken by airborne debris. |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fisk | $20,000 | Several outbuildings were destroyed. A garage was destroyed, damaging the vehicle within. Shingles were blown off a home. A carport was blown over. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fisk | $3,000 | Both lanes of State Route 51 were blocked by trees that were blown down. |
| January 2015 | Flash Flood | Fisk | $3,000 | Several roads were closed in the county. Water was over roadways in many places. At the Poplar Bluff airport, the storm-total rainfall was 4.34 inches. A trained spotter seven miles northwest of Poplar Bluff measured 1.99 inches during a seven-hour period starting at midnight. |
| April 2014 | Tornado (EF1) | Fisk | $2,000 | The tornado formed near Fisk, right along the Stoddard County line. A very large hardwood tree over three feet in diameter was snapped. A couple of tree tops were down. The tornado was on the ground for just a short time in Butler County. Peak winds were estimated near 90 mph. The tornado crossed the St. Francis River into Stoddard County. |
| March 2020 | Hail | Fisk | - | The hail was reported via the mPING (meteorological phenomena identification near the ground) app. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Fisk | - | This hail was produced by the same supercell that passed through Poplar Bluff. |
| September 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Fisk | - | A tornado was on the ground between Fisk and Rombauer. The tornado was well-photographed and visible for quite some distance. The tornado occurred over open farm country and caused no significant damage. A trained spotter who photographed the tornado from his residence reported that it stayed on the ground for seven minutes. |
| June 2011 | Flood | Fisk | - | The St. Francis River fell below flood stage at Fisk for the first time since April 26. The flooding in June was relatively very minor. Some low-lying fields along the river were flooded. |
| April 2011 | Flood | Fisk | - | The St. Francis River began its upward trend toward major flooding. Rescue workers were called to transport emergency medical personnel by boat to a house near Fisk. The house was inaccessible because of floodwaters. The peak flood crest on the river occurred after the end of the month. |
| July 2009 | Funnel Cloud | Fisk | - | A trained spotter observed and photographed a funnel cloud extending from a small wall cloud of a shower. The spotter watched it dissipate and reform over a 20-minute period. At times, several small vortices could be seen circling the main funnel. |
| April 1994 | Hail | Fisk | - | Golf ball-size hail was reported by the county EMA director but no damaged was reported. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Fisk | - | no account filed |
| March 2018 | Hail | Fisk | - | no account filed |
| March 2005 | Hail | Fisk | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ash Hill | 1.4 miles | 11 | |
| Barron | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Rossville | 3.9 miles | 9 | |
| Junland | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Rombauer | 5.7 miles | 14 | |
| Menorkanut | 5.7 miles | 9 | |
| Empire | 5.8 miles | 14 | |
| Batesville | 6.1 miles | 9 |
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 Fisk | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q960902 | 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 717961. 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.






