Granby, Missouri
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Granby Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64844. The Survey maps it on the Granby quadrangle. 2,050 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,125 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresGranby fell from 2,134 to 2,050 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 | 2,134 | |
| 2020 | 2,050 | -84 (-4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1916 USGS Neosho quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Granby quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Neosho quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
78 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Granby between 1992 and 2020, burning about 228 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 burning | 53 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 15 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 13 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 11 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 3 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 12 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 372 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 372 workings within 5 miles of Granby: 371 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Lead, Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cadmium Mine | Zinc, Cadmium | Past Producer | ||
| Old Devil Mine | Zinc, Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Zn & Pb & Coal | Zinc, Lead, Coal | Past Producer | ||
| Lt. George Chase Shaft | Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Zn | Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Zn | Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Booth Ryan & Co. Mine | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Culpepper Diggings | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Dorris & Cavender Mine | Lead | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
42 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Granby in 42 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 21 hail, 15 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1993 | Hail | Granby | $50,000 | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Granby | $25,000 | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Granby | $10,000 | no account filed |
| February 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Granby | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Granby | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Granby | $3,000 | Report of 3-inch tree limbs and power poles broken. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Granby | $3,000 | Thunderstorms winds toppled a large tree and a car port suffered significant roof damage. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Granby | $2,000 | Granby public works building had minor roof damage. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Granby | - | Social media report of quarter size hail. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Granby | - | Several large branches were downed due to high winds. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Granby | - | Several streets were flooded in town including along Highway 60 and Main Street. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Granby | - | Flooding was reported at low water areas along Tower Road. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Granby | - | Several trees were damaged with large limbs blown down or tops blown out of trees. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Granby | - | A large tree was snapped and blocking part of the 400 block of South Elm Street. |
| July 2020 | Hail | Granby | - | Quarter sized hail was reported. |
| November 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Granby | - | Multiple large limbs were broken out of hardwood trees. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Granby | - | A large tree was snapped a few feet off the ground. The report was received via social media. |
| October 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Granby | - | A large tree was reported down. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Granby | - | Quarter sized hail was reported. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Granby | - | Several trees were blown down. Siding and half a roof was blown off a house near Granby on Mettle Drive. |
| April 2017 | Flash Flood | Granby | - | Flood water was over the roadway in Granby near West Cemetery Road and South Main Street. |
| March 2016 | Hail | Granby | - | Nickel size hail was reported near Granby. Video of the hail was on social media. |
| November 2015 | Flood | Granby | - | Dry Branch Creek flooded a portion of Iris Road northeast of Neosho. |
| May 2010 | Flash Flood | Granby | - | A foot of water was reported flowing over a low water crossing on Weibert Road east of old Highway E. |
| May 2010 | Flood | Granby | - | Shoal Creek, north of Granby, was flowing over Highway E just south of Wagon Bridge. |
| March 2015 | Hail | Granby | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Granby | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Granby | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Granby | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Granby | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Granby | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Granby | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Granby | - | no account filed |
| November 2003 | Hail | Granby | - | no account filed |
| November 2003 | Hail | Granby | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Granby | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Granby | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Granby | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Granby | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Granby | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Granby | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Granby | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granby City | 1.7 miles | 14 | |
| Aroma | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Ritchey | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Monark Springs | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Newtonia | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Park | 5.2 miles | 11 | |
| Stark City | 5.4 miles | 11 | |
| Diamond | 6.2 miles | 14 |
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 Granby | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q516048 | 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 718664. 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.





