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Flemington, Missouri

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Flemington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65650. It stands on Rule Creek. The Survey maps it on the Humansville quadrangle. 110 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,129 feet above sea level.

Flemington within Polk County

Population over time

2 figures

Flemington fell from 148 to 110 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
2010148
2020110-38 (-26%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

10 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Flemington between 1992 and 2017, burning about 368 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 burning5
Arson/incendiarism3
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
6 August 1997Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 August 1997Equipment and vehicle use30 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
14 April 2001Arson/incendiarism185 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 March 1994Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 March 1994Debris and open burning20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
15 March 1994Arson/incendiarism38 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
11 March 1994Debris and open burning42 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
20 February 1998Debris and open burning35 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Flemington: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Barium-Barite. 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
Unknown - BariteBarium-BaritePast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Polk County

Storms near this place

30 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Flemington in 30 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 14 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 heavy rain. 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
April 2026HailFlemington$250,000Hail up to the size of baseballs was reported in a rural portion of Polk County near the town of Flemington. Some homes, outbuildings and vehicles suffered damage.
February 2023Thunderstorm WindFlemington$5,000Multiple large limbs and damage to a barn was reported. Several feed troughs were also lifted into a barbed wire fence.
August 2008Flash FloodFlemington$5,000A tributary of Brush Creek flooded a section of Highway V southwest of Flemington. A motorist attempted to cross the flooded roadway and was washed off. No injuries occurred from this event.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindFlemington$2,000A power pole was snapped in half in the Flemington Cemetery.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindFlemington$2,000A barn was destroyed.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindFlemington$2,000Several trees were blown down at city hall.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindFlemington$2,000Power poles were snapped by high winds.
September 1998Thunderstorm WindFlemington$1,000no account filed
April 2026HailFlemington-Hail up to quarters in size were reported.
February 2023Thunderstorm WindFlemington-Thunderstorm winds damaged multiple large limbs of 2 to 4 inches in diameter.
April 2023HailFlemington-Tennis ball sized hail was reported in the northern part of town. Minor roof damage was reported.
May 2022FloodFlemington-Highway V at the low water crossing on a tributary of Panther Creek was closed due to flooding.
July 2021Flash FloodFlemington-Highway O was flooded and impassable at a low water area.
July 2021Flash FloodFlemington-Route O was closed and impassable at Rule Creek.
May 2019Heavy RainFlemington-A co-op observer reported a 24-hr rainfall accumulation of 4.75 inches.
May 2017HailFlemington-The local fire department reported ping pong size hail near Flemington.
May 2017FloodFlemington-State Highway V was closed at Panther Creek due to flooding.
March 2013HailFlemington-Dime to nickel size hail fell for several minutes.
August 2009HailFlemington-A supercell thunderstorm produced hail up to half dollar size in Flemington.
August 2009Heavy RainFlemington-A cooperative observer measured 2.60 inches of rain.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindFlemington-Thunderstorm wind gusts knocked down a few large tree limbs.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindFlemington-Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed several large tree limbs.
April 2014HailFlemington-no account filed
March 2014HailFlemington-no account filed
March 2006HailFlemington-no account filed
June 2005HailFlemington-no account filed
September 2005HailFlemington-no account filed
May 2003HailFlemington-no account filed
April 1998HailFlemington-no account filed
June 1998HailFlemington-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Polk 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
Rondo3.8 miles25
Humansville4.1 miles16
Adonis7.3 miles24
Cliquot7.7 miles19
Dunnegan7.8 miles14
Huron10.0 miles19
Mohawk Corner10.9 miles24
Sentinel10.9 miles24

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 FlemingtonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2008939The 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 718013. 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.