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La Grange, Missouri

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63448. It stands on Wyaconda River. The Survey maps it on the Long Island quadrangle. 825 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 489 feet above sea level.

La Grange within Lewis County

On record in La Grange

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 7 records

Population over time

2 figures

La Grange fell from 931 to 825 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
2010931
2020825-106 (-11%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

13 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of La Grange between 1994 and 2020, burning about 119 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/undetermined6
Debris and open burning4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
24 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation230799-05620-09242020-1832
7 August 1997Equipment and vehicle use30 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 August 1997Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
29 August 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation220649-05620-08292020-0948
25 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation220648-05620-08252020-1429
20 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179332-05620-07202019-2125
2 April 1994Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
15 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176281-05620-03152018-1620

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lewis County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of La Grange: 8 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Hagood QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Lagrange Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Brosi QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Oyster QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Reid + Brosi QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lewis County

Storms near this place

30 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names La Grange in 30 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 14 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 2 deaths. 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
July 2015Thunderstorm WindLa Grange1 killedSub-severe thunderstorm winds in combination with saturated soils, caused a large tree to be blown over at Wakonda State Park in the area where RVs are allowed to stay. The tree fell onto an RV, crushing the front section of it. Five people were trapped in the vehicle. One occupant was crushed by the fallen tree and died from his injuries. No one else in the vehicle sustained any injuries.
July 2015Flash FloodLa Grange1 killedUp to five inches of rain fell onto already saturated soils causing flash flooding. Numerous roads were flooded including Highways C and B at LaGrange. County Road 322, also known as 190th Street, was flooded where Reddish Branch Creek flows under it, about 3 miles east northeast of LaBelle, just east of intersection with 145th Avenue. In this location, a pickup truck was driven into the flooded roadway just after midnight on the 12th of July and then swept downstream. The driver was swept about a mile downstream and drowned in the flood waters. Her passenger was able to cling to a tree till he was rescued a few hours later. Several roads were also washed out including 3rd Street at Pierce Street in LaGrange.
April 1997Tornado (F0)La Grange$20,000no account filed
March 2024Thunderstorm WindLa Grange-Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree in La Grange.
June 2011Flash FloodLa Grange-Up to four inches of rain fell onto already saturated soils causing flash flooding. In Canton, almost two and a half inches of rain fell in about an hour. Several homes had water in them due to the flash flooding. Also, numerous roads were flooded.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindLa Grange-An intense bow echo moved through LaGrange, blowing down numerous trees, tree limbs and power lines. Also, a large barn lost most of its roof and parts of several walls.
October 2010Thunderstorm WindLa Grange-Thunderstorm winds blew over a small shed in La Grange.
April 2008Thunderstorm WindLa Grange-Several power lines and a couple of power poles were blown down. A few of the power lines fell onto U.S. 61 and Highway C west of La Grange.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindLa Grange-Thunderstorm wind gusts damaged the porch of a home in La Grange.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindLa Grange-Thunderstorm winds broke two windows on a home and destroyed five outbuildings. A chicken coop was flipped upside down into a pond. The resident rooster survived.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindLa Grange-Thunderstorm wind gusts downed some trees and power lines.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindLa Grange-The second severe thunderstorm of the day knocked down more trees and power lines in La Grange.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindLa Grange-Local law enforcement reported several trees and power lines down in town.
July 2003LightningLa Grange-A lightning strike splintered a tree in La Grange City Park.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindLa Grange-Thunderstorm wind gusts downed some trees and damaged a few farm outbuildings.
August 2000HailLa Grange-Storm spotters reported 1 inch hail.
April 2023HailLa Grange-no account filed
April 2022HailLa Grange-no account filed
May 2018HailLa Grange-no account filed
March 2017HailLa Grange-no account filed
April 2016HailLa Grange-no account filed
April 2014HailLa Grange-no account filed
October 2012HailLa Grange-no account filed
April 2010HailLa Grange-no account filed
August 2009HailLa Grange-no account filed
August 2009HailLa Grange-no account filed
June 2008HailLa Grange-no account filed
September 2005HailLa Grange-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindLa Grange-no account filed
May 1998HailLa Grange-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lewis 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
Dover5.6 miles16
Weber5.9 miles16
Canton6.2 miles18
Tully6.7 miles18
Durgen7.5 miles15
Ten Mile8.1 miles15
Maywood8.3 miles12
Sellers9.5 miles15

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 La GrangeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q968951The 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 735680. 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.