Harwood, Missouri
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Bacon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64750. The Survey maps it on the Harwood quadrangle. 29 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 840 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresHarwood fell from 47 to 29 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 | 47 | |
| 2020 | 29 | -18 (-38%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 21 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.
- 1886 USGS Nevada quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Nevada quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1939 USGS Harwood quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1940 USGS Harwood quadrangle1:24000
- 1941 USGS Harwood quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Nevada quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Harwood quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS Nevada quadrangle1:100000
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Harwood: 2 past producers. None of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harwood in 11 storm reports between 2001 and 2023: 7 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harwood | $75,000 | Two barns suffered significant damage with debris blown as much as 500 yards away. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harwood | $5,000 | A power pole was reported down. |
| June 2012 | Flash Flood | Harwood | - | High water was reported over County Road AA and Highway 54 between Walker and Schell City. These roads were closed for several hours. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harwood | - | Numerous large trees were blown down from severe thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| July 2011 | Hail | Harwood | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Harwood | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Harwood | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Harwood | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Harwood | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Harwood | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Harwood | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair Haven | 1.7 miles | 21 | |
| Schell City | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Portia | 5.3 miles | 19 | |
| Handley | 5.6 miles | 21 | |
| Walker | 5.7 miles | 21 | |
| Rocky Ford (historical) | 5.9 miles | 17 | |
| Indian Springs | 6.2 miles | 17 | |
| Oak Ridge | 6.7 miles | 20 |
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 Harwood | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2690194 | 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 719195. 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.
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.












