Houstonia, Missouri
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Houstonia Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65333. The Survey maps it on the Houstonia quadrangle. 198 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 758 feet above sea level.
On record in Houstonia
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 3 records
- Osage Farms Unit No. 41listed 1991
- Osage Farms Units No. 5 and No. 6 Historic Districtlisted 1991
- Osage Farms Units No. 8 and No. 9 Historic Districtlisted 1991
Population over time
2 figuresHoustonia fell from 220 to 198 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 | 220 | |
| 2020 | 198 | -22 (-10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 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.
- 1887 USGS Sedalia quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Sedalia quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1939 USGS Sweet Springs quadrangle1:62500
- 1940 USGS Sweet Springs quadrangle1:62500
- 1941 USGS Sweet Springs quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Sweet Springs quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Houstonia quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Sedalia quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
10 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Houstonia in 2014, burning about 118 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 March 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 25 March 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 23 March 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 17 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 16 March 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 15 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 15 March 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 13 March 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Houstonia: 1 past producer. 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 |
Storms near this place
12 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Houstonia in 12 storm reports between 2000 and 2017: 6 hail, 3 tornado, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2004 | Tornado (F1) | Houstonia | $300,000 | Tornado crossed into Pettis county near the intersection of F/BB/NN Highways. Two homes were damaged along Blackwater Chapel Road. Trees and power lines also down. Tornado then tracked northeast to Highway 127 just south of NN...where a shed was destroyed and grain bins damaged. Tornado proceeded to enter Saline county just west of K Highway. |
| February 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Houstonia | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2016 | Flash Flood | Houstonia | - | Route T near Heaths Creek was flooding due to heavy rain. |
| March 2006 | Tornado (F2) | Houstonia | - | Tornado touched down at 2007CST...5 miles west-northwest of Houstonia and moved into Saline county 3 miles west-northwest of Houstonia at 2009 CST. Tornado was over rural areas with no significant damage noted. |
| March 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Houstonia | - | F0 tornado entered Pettis county from Johnson county at 2002 CST...8 miles southwest of Houstonia. The tornado was over rural areas before lifting at 2004 CST...6 miles west-southwest of Houstonia. |
| April 2001 | Flash Flood | Houstonia | - | Law enforcement reported flooded roads in Houstonia. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Houstonia | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Houstonia | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Houstonia | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Houstonia | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Houstonia | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Houstonia | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tedieville | 4.8 miles | 23 | |
| Hughesville | 5.3 miles | 23 | |
| Stokley | 7.2 miles | 23 | |
| La Monte | 9.3 miles | 23 | |
| Longwood | 10.0 miles | 18 | |
| Dresden | 10.3 miles | 23 | |
| Newland | 11.6 miles | 18 | |
| Georgetown | 11.6 miles | 18 |
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 Houstonia | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q952785 | 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 719901. 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.












