Iatan, Missouri
46 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Marshall Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64098. The Survey maps it on the Weston quadrangle. 39 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 804 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresIatan fell from 45 to 39 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 | 45 | |
| 2020 | 39 | -6 (-13%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 46 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.
- 1890 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1894 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:125000, 14 printings
- 1910 USGS Leavenworth quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1948 USGS Leavenworth quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1951 USGS Leavenworth quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Weston quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Weston quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Weston quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
7 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Iatan between 2014 and 2018, burning about 852 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 April 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 667 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176765-00000-04172018-1710 |
| 7 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Leavenworth County | 42 |
| 6 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Atchison County | 170216 |
| 4 March 2017 | Fireworks | under an acre | Atchison County | 170208 |
| 21 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 51 |
| 26 January 2014 | Debris and open burning | 180 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 26 January 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Iatan: 16 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bramble Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Iatan Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Rose Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Stephens Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Teaney-Brumley Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past 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
7 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Iatan in 7 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Iatan | - | Downed wires near Route 273. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Iatan | - | Measured 72 mph wind gust west of Dearborn. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Iatan | - | Emergency management reported 60 mph winds. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Iatan | - | Trees were blown down onto Highway 45. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Iatan | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Iatan | - | no account filed |
| March 2009 | Hail | Iatan | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bean Lake Station | 1.9 miles | 26 | |
| Dye | 2.9 miles | 46 | |
| Sugar Lake | 3.2 miles | 32 | |
| Sadler | 3.3 miles | 46 | |
| Weston | 6.2 miles | 46 | |
| Woodruff | 9.1 miles | 44 | |
| West Platte | 9.6 miles | 44 | |
| Beverly | 9.6 miles | 46 |
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 Iatan | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3295925 | 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 720068. 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.












