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Frankford, Missouri

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Peno Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63441. It stands on Little Peno Creek. The Survey maps it on the Frankford quadrangle. 343 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 614 feet above sea level.

Frankford within Pike County

Population over time

2 figures

Frankford grew from 323 to 343 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
2010323
2020343+20 (+6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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

9 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Frankford between 1992 and 2018, burning about 144 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
Debris and open burning6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 April 1992Debris and open burning25 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
23 April 2018Debris and open burning15 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176675-08215-04232018-1850
21 April 2018Equipment and vehicle use35 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176681-08215-04212018-1147
4 March 1992Debris and open burning25 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
3 March 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 March 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
27 February 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 February 1992Debris and open burning17 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pike County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Frankford: 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Aluminum, Iron, Silica, Titanium, Water, Free. 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
Hudson ShaleAluminum, Iron, Silica, Titanium, Water, FreeOccurrence
Galloway Quarry # 1 and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pike County

Storms near this place

27 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Frankford in 27 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 15 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 1 tornado, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 1994Thunderstorm WindFrankford$500Large trees were blown along Highway 61 in extreme north Pike County.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindFrankford$200Power lines and poles were blown down.
May 2023HailFrankford-A wide swath of large hail, up to two inches in diameter, fell across northern portions of Pike County.
June 2021HailFrankford-A swath of one inch hail fell between Frankford and Bowling Green.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindFrankford-Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees on the north side of town.
May 2019Flash FloodFrankford-Up to three inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. Numerous roads were flooded including Highway 79 just north of intersection with Mud Lick Prairie Road.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindFrankford-Thunderstorm winds overturned a 16 foot above ground pool that still had about a foot of water in it.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindFrankford-An intense bow echo moved through Frankford blowing down numerous trees, tree limbs and power lines. Several large trees were also uprooted including a tree that was over 200 years old.
February 2011Thunderstorm WindFrankford-Thunderstorm winds caused damage to silos, medium to large trees and three homes in an area along and south of Highway B and north of County Road 123. Shingles were mainly removed from the roofs of three homes while both pine and oak trees were either snapped at the base or uprooted. Winds ranged from 65 to 75 miles per hour over this area.
February 2011Tornado (EF0)Frankford-The tornado initially touched down just south of Highway B, 1.9 miles east of Frankford, Missouri at approximately 10:05 PM. A machine shed was severely damaged at this location, and several missiles from the machine shed were embedded into the ground. This tornado destroyed three more machine sheds along its path. Debris was tossed between a quarter and a third of a mile to the east-northeast. The width of the damage ranged from 30 to 40 yards while the length of the tornado track was 1.4 miles. The damage was rate EF0.
October 2010Thunderstorm WindFrankford-Thunderstorm winds blew a semi off of U.S. Highway 61 near Frankford. No injuries were reported.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindFrankford-Thunderstorm winds blew down several 200 year old oak trees and caused roof damage to several barns.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindFrankford-Numerous large tree limbs were blown down throughout the county, some of which were blocking roads.
August 2004HailFrankford-The public reported 3/4 inch hail.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindFrankford-Thunderstorm wind gusts destroyed the porch and caused some roof damage to a home on Route YY southeast of Frankford. Trees were also down which blocked Route YY.
April 2002HailFrankford-Storm spotters reported golfball size hail.
September 2001Thunderstorm WindFrankford-Thunderstorm wind gusts downed some trees in the Frankford area.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindFrankford-Storm spotters reported trees down.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindFrankford-no account filed
February 2011HailFrankford-no account filed
June 2008HailFrankford-no account filed
March 2006HailFrankford-no account filed
March 2006Thunderstorm WindFrankford-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindFrankford-no account filed
November 2005HailFrankford-no account filed
May 2004HailFrankford-no account filed
May 2004HailFrankford-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pike 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
Spencerburg5.9 miles17
McCune7.0 miles18
Ashburn8.9 miles14
LaMotte8.9 miles14
Busch9.2 miles14
Mundy Landing9.4 miles14
Hope9.6 miles14
Reading10.0 miles18

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 FrankfordAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q960791The 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 729699. 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.