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Lake Waukomis, Missouri

40 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1996. It stands in May Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64151. The Survey maps it on the Parkville quadrangle. 888 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 991 feet above sea level.

Lake Waukomis within Platte County

Population over time

2 figures

Lake Waukomis grew from 870 to 888 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
2010870
2020888+18 (+2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 40 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

28 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Lake Waukomis between 2007 and 2019, burning about 8 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2
Natural1

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
30 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
3 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
28 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
8 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
7 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
21 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
14 August 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
13 August 2007Smokingunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Platte County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Lake Waukomis: 20 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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
Unknown ClayClayPast Producer
Unknown ClayClayPast Producer
Daniel QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Drennon QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Green Hills QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Parkville Special Road Dist QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Riley QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Platte County

Storms near this place

30 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lake Waukomis in 30 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 21 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 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
July 2024Thunderstorm WindLake Waukomis-Mping report of 3 inch tree limbs broken; power poles broken.
October 2024Thunderstorm WindLake Waukomis-Delayed report. Social media photo of multiple trees snapped in the Weatherby Lake area.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindLake Waukomis-Several tree limbs were down near Smithville.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindLake Waukomis-This report was received via social media.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindLake Waukomis-Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph, and caused several trees to be blown down, and partially block the roadway on Highway 45, between I-435 and the Nationals Golf Course.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindLake Waukomis-Trees were reported down, with thunderstorm wind gusts estimated up to 60 mph.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindLake Waukomis-Near the Highway 45 and Interstate 435 Highway intersection, a tree was reported blown down. Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph.
October 1998Thunderstorm WindLake Waukomis-Power lines and trees reported downed.
June 2017HailLake Waukomis-no account filed
June 2017HailLake Waukomis-no account filed
May 2017HailLake Waukomis-no account filed
May 2017HailLake Waukomis-no account filed
April 2016HailLake Waukomis-no account filed
April 2016HailLake Waukomis-no account filed
April 2016HailLake Waukomis-no account filed
April 2015HailLake Waukomis-no account filed
April 2015HailLake Waukomis-no account filed
April 2015HailLake Waukomis-no account filed
April 2015HailLake Waukomis-no account filed
April 2014HailLake Waukomis-no account filed
May 2012HailLake Waukomis-no account filed
May 2011HailLake Waukomis-no account filed
April 2010HailLake Waukomis-no account filed
May 2010HailLake Waukomis-no account filed
June 2008HailLake Waukomis-no account filed
July 2008Heavy RainLake Waukomis-no account filed
April 2006HailLake Waukomis-no account filed
April 2006HailLake Waukomis-no account filed
March 2006HailLake Waukomis-no account filed
March 2000HailLake Waukomis-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Platte 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
Platte Woods0.6 miles40
Milton1.2 miles40
Northern Heights2.3 miles40
Houston Lake2.9 miles40
Parkdale3.0 miles40
North Moor3.0 miles40
Weatherby Lake3.1 miles40
Breen Acres3.3 miles40

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 WaukomisAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q963891The 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 736369. 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.