Hume, Missouri
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Howard Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64752. It lies near Rocky Mound. The Survey maps it on the Hume quadrangle. 283 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 896 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresHume fell from 336 to 283 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 | 336 | |
| 2020 | 283 | -53 (-16%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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 Mound City quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Mound City quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1940 USGS Hume quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1942 USGS Hume quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Butler quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Hume quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
5 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Hume between 2004 and 2018, burning about 11 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 | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge | BALLOU SO |
| 24 March 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge | RS CAMPFIRE |
| 25 February 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Linn County | 78 |
| 16 February 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 62 |
| 17 January 2015 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 21 |
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Hume: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freeto Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Prescott Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hume in 11 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 8 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2007 | Heavy Rain | Hume | $7,000,000 | A total of 14.75 inches of rain was reported over a three day period. Major flooding of the Marais Des Cygnes River was reported across the southern part of the county. Damage was reported to many homes and businesses, as well as to railroad tracks and roads. Agricultural losses were significant. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Hume | - | Ping pong ball sized hail was reported in Hume. |
| April 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Hume | - | Trained spotter reported a brief tornado touchdown at 5:20 pm CST...1 mile south of Hume. The tornado lifted at 5:22 pm CST 2 miles south- southeast of Hume. The condensation funnel extended most of the way to the ground with an associated surface dust whirl. Four to five inch diameter tree branches broken off on several trees in the path. |
| April 2007 | Hail | Hume | - | Golfball sized hail up to three inches deep reported. Many leaves stripped from trees. |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hume | - | Large tree down on road. |
| March 2015 | Hail | Hume | - | no account filed |
| September 2012 | Hail | Hume | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Hume | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Hume | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Hume | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Hume | - | 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.
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 Hume | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q967472 | 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 729905. 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.









