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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.

Hume within Bates County

Population over time

2 figures

Hume 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.

YearPeople Change
2010336
2020283-53 (-16%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

5 since 2004

Regional 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/undetermined2
Smoking1
Debris and open burning1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 March 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreMarais des Cygnes National Wildlife RefugeBALLOU SO
24 March 2004Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMarais des Cygnes National Wildlife RefugeRS CAMPFIRE
25 February 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresLinn County78
16 February 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresKansas Forest Service62
17 January 2015Smoking5.0 acresKansas Forest Service21

Every fire recorded in Bates County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Freeto QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Prescott QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Bates County

Storms near this place

11 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2007Heavy RainHume$7,000,000A 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 2024HailHume-Ping pong ball sized hail was reported in Hume.
April 2007Tornado (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 2007HailHume-Golfball sized hail up to three inches deep reported. Many leaves stripped from trees.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindHume-Large tree down on road.
March 2015HailHume-no account filed
September 2012HailHume-no account filed
June 2008HailHume-no account filed
April 2007HailHume-no account filed
March 2006HailHume-no account filed
June 1996HailHume-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bates 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
Rucker6.4 miles19
Sprague6.6 miles17
Foster6.6 miles19
Worland6.8 miles19
New Home7.0 miles17
Nyhart11.2 miles17
Amoret11.4 miles15
Rich Hill11.8 miles17

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 HumeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q967472The 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.