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Gentry, Missouri

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Bogle Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64453. It stands on Peddler Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gentry quadrangle. 56 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 892 feet above sea level.

Gentry within Gentry County

Population over time

2 figures

Gentry fell from 72 to 56 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
201072
202056-16 (-22%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

6 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Gentry between 1992 and 2017, burning about 98 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 burning3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3

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
31 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 June 1992Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
19 March 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined80 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 March 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
29 February 1992Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
11 October 2011Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gentry County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Gentry: 7 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Gentry County

Storms near this place

14 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gentry in 14 storm reports between 2001 and 2024: 9 hail, 3 tornado, 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
July 2004Flash FloodGentry$100,000Bridge washed out on U Highway.
April 2024Tornado (EF1)Gentry-This EF1 tornado began near or just west of U.S. Highway 169 south of Gentry, where a tractor trailer was blown over. Little damage was observed as the tornado moved northeast to 558 Road. A residence at this location featured roof damage to the home, damage to multiple grain bins, and complete destruction of a small barn. Multiple tree limbs were downed in the area, and debris from inside the barn was strewn around the property. The tornado continued northeast from this location, but little damaged was observed beyond this point. The end point is estimated based on spotter reports of the tornado crossing into Harrison County before lifting, though it is possible the tornado ended before this.
August 2023HailGentry-Golf ball sized hail was reported west of Gentry.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindGentry-A power pole was blown over and there was some shingle damage to a roof near Albany.
June 2005Tornado (F1)Gentry-Tornado touched down near the Worth county line and entered Worth county 1 mile south of Worth. Minor tree damage was noted.
April 2002HailGentry-Also reported wind gusts to 70 mph.
April 2001Tornado (F1)Gentry-A tornado touched down 5 miles northeast of Gentry and moved northeast. No significant damage wasobserved with tornado crossing county line into Worth county at 1032 am.
March 2011HailGentry-no account filed
June 2005HailGentry-no account filed
June 2005HailGentry-no account filed
September 2005HailGentry-no account filed
August 2004HailGentry-no account filed
April 2002HailGentry-no account filed
August 2001HailGentry-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Gentry 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
Voyage (historical)3.9 miles12
Ellenorah4.7 miles12
Pinhook5.2 miles12
Carmack6.3 miles12
Alanthus Grove6.8 miles11
Enyart7.1 miles11
Albany7.4 miles12
Albany Junction (historical)7.7 miles12

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 GentryAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2011782The 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 718382. 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.