Lake Ozark, Missouri
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Glaze Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65049. It lies near Wilson Hill. The Survey maps it on the Lake Ozark quadrangle. 2,077 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 751 feet above sea level.
On record in Lake Ozark
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 1 record
Bagnell Dam and Osage Power Plantlisted 2008
Population over time
2 figuresLake Ozark grew from 1,586 to 2,077 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 | 1,586 | |
| 2020 | 2,077 | +491 (+31%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 25 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.
- 1888 USGS Versailles quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Versailles quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1932 USGS Versailles No 4 quadrangle1:48000
- 1934 USGS Lake Ozark quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Lake Ozark quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Lake Of The Ozarks quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Lake Ozark quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
94 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Lake Ozark between 1992 and 2020, burning about 732 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 13 were 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 | 38 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 2018 | Fireworks | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178300-06633-08042018-2325 |
| 25 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178303-06633-08252018-1545 |
| 24 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178207-01509-08242018-1853 |
| 23 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178206-01509-08232018-2020 |
| 5 July 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 25 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178204-01509-07252018-0930 |
| 20 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178066-01509-07202018-2030 |
| 19 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179021-01509-07192019-1606 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Lake Ozark: 10 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osage Asphalt Mine Limestone & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Ozark Sand Co. Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown-S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bear Creek Mines | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Earl Starks Land | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Kerr Mine | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Meade Mine | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Platter Mine | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Seigel-Martin Tiff Bank | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Barite | Barium-Barite | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
15 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lake Ozark in 15 storm reports between 1994 and 2010: 9 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Ozark | $50,000 | Light poles and trees were blown down in Eldon. Some outbuildings and sheds were damaged. In Lake Ozark, several large trees were blown down damaging cars. |
| June 2003 | Flash Flood | Lake Ozark | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Ozark | $3,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Ozark | - | Tree limbs were blown down. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Lake Ozark | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Lake Ozark | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Lake Ozark | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Lake Ozark | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Lake Ozark | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Lake Ozark | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Flash Flood | Lake Ozark | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Flash Flood | Lake Ozark | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Lake Ozark | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Lake Ozark | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Lake Ozark | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeside | 1.2 miles | 22 | |
| Arrowhead | 1.3 miles | 25 | |
| Arrowhead Beach | 1.4 miles | 25 | |
| Lakeview | 1.4 miles | 22 | |
| Lakeland | 1.7 miles | 25 | |
| Bagnell | 2.8 miles | 22 | |
| Kaiser | 5.2 miles | 22 | |
| West Aurora | 8.3 miles | 23 |
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 Lake Ozark | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q957540 | 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 729529. 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.











