BlockForest City, Missouri
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Forest Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64451. The Survey maps it on the Oregon quadrangle. 243 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 876 feet above sea level.
On record in Forest City
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 1 record
City Halllisted 1979
Population over time
2 figuresForest City fell from 268 to 243 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 | 268 | |
| 2020 | 243 | -25 (-9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 23 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.
- 1885 USGS Atchison quadrangle1:125000
- 1888 USGS Atchison quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Atchison quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1926 USGS Oregon quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Oregon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Atchison quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Atchison quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
7,475 words on this townshipHolt County, Its Soil, Climate, and the Advantages It Offers to Immigration .., published 1869 names this settlement in its chapter on Forest Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
In the year 1857 a company of enterprising gentlemen purchased a tract of land on the west boundary of Holt County, adjoining the Missouri river, for the purpose of laying out a town site. Eoads were already in existence leading from the point selected in all directions and to every important settlement in the county. These roads in connection with the Missouri river which here aftbrded agood landing, lead the company to expect that their town once started would soon control a large portion of the produce trade of the county. With this view the tract of land was surveyed and the first lot sale took place on the 15th day of May, 1857. Forest City was in existence - stores and dwellings sprung up rapidly, and the expectations of the company were more than realized. Forest City became at once the mart for the principal part of the produce of the county. Hundreds of waggons brought in the hemp and corn raised in every neighborhood, and no obstacle seemed likely to prevent Forest City from becoming one of the leading trading points in North West Missouri. The rebellion broke out ; it had here as everywhere else where it was a reality, a blighting effect ; it had this effect on Forest City. Two fifths of the original inhabitants of Holt county were in sympathy with the rebellion, the most of these left the county (luring that period but few of whom have ever returned ; Tvhilst the majority of the able bodied Union men were enlisted in the Union armies. Agriculture was neglected - trade was nominal ; and as the county did not improve, certainly the towns could not prosper. But the war ended, trade slowly revived and Forest City began to resume her old place in the trade. Now the railroad from St. Joseph to Council Bluffs is completed running through Forest City, and has opened for us and brought us in connection with two of the best markets in the United States, during every season of the year : further, it has opened for us the Great West.
Passage source: Holt County, Its Soil, Climate, and the Advantages It Offers to Immigration .., published 1869.
Hemp has been exchanged for grain, pork and cattle, and where in former years one firm doing business here bought and sold two hundred tons of hemp in one year, now, during the past year one hundred and fifty thousand bushels of grain and over five thousand hogs have been shipped North, South and West from this point.
Passage source: Holt County, Its Soil, Climate, and the Advantages It Offers to Immigration .., published 1869.
Mound Cit}' needs a good Harness and Saddle maker; also a Shoe maker. Lots range in value from ten to twent3'-five dollars. The location is considered healthy, and the character ofthe present population is unexceptionable. Information in regard to lands in that vicinity ma}^ be obtained by addressing D. P. Ballard, Ksq., who will, I have no doubt, cheerfully impart any desired information.
Passage source: Holt County, Its Soil, Climate, and the Advantages It Offers to Immigration .., published 1869.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Forest Township - it names this place 37 more 37 times.
Fires near this place
2 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Forest City between 2004 and 2016, burning about 24 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 March 2004 | Debris and open burning | 22 acres | Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge | BONE YARD |
| 20 February 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 6 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Forest City: 13 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
15 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Forest City in 15 storm reports between 1998 and 2019: 6 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2009 | Hail | Forest City | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Forest City | $2,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph, with windows blown out of a residence. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Forest City | $2,000 | Trees and powerlines were reported down on Highway 11, between Oregon and Forest City. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Forest City | - | Sheriff reported downed trees between Forest City and Oregon. |
| May 2011 | Flash Flood | Forest City | - | Heavy rains caused flash flooding with water covering Highway 111. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Forest City | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 65 mph. |
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Forest City | - | Route 111 north of Forest City was closed due to flash flooding. |
| June 2009 | Flash Flood | Forest City | - | Flash flooding was observed on several roads, due to the heavy rains. |
| June 2009 | Flash Flood | Forest City | - | Highway 111 near the bridge coming out of Forest City was flooded. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Forest City | - | Severe thunderstorm winds downed large trees in Forest City. |
| August 2019 | Hail | Forest City | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Forest City | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Forest City | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Forest City | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Forest City | - | 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 Forest City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q952768 | 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 718074. 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.