Kidder, Missouri
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Kidder Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64649. The Survey maps it on the Kidder quadrangle. 267 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,017 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresKidder fell from 323 to 267 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 | 323 | |
| 2020 | 267 | -56 (-17%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1924 USGS Winston quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Kidder quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Saint Joseph quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Kidder between 1995 and 2020, burning about 34 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 4.1 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177696-02581-04072018-1407 |
| 6 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 17 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.9 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190163-02581-03062020-1426 |
| 28 March 2002 | Debris and open burning | 11 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 18 March 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 15 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177689-02581-03152018-1500 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Kidder: 2 unknowns, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puterbaugh | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
12 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kidder in 12 storm reports between 1994 and 2017: 5 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kidder | $25,000 | Several outbuildings damaged and trees downed. wind speed estimated. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kidder | $2,000 | Semi truck was blown over at the intersection of Highways 36 and 7. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kidder | - | Report of a shed roof blown onto the road approximately 4 miles north of HWY 136 on Route N. |
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Kidder | - | Several inches of water was reported over the road, at the intersection of Highways 36 and J. |
| June 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Kidder | - | A brief EFO touchdown was observed in open country at 2144 CST. No damage was reported. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kidder | - | Two trees were reported down in the city park. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kidder | - | Two trees were knocked down in the city park. One of the trees was broken in half. |
| June 1998 | Hail | Kidder | - | Nickel-size hail was reported by the public 12 miles southwest of Kidder during a severe thunderstorm. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Kidder | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Kidder | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Kidder | - | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Hail | Kidder | - | 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 Kidder | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q962968 | 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 730125. 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.






