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.
Population over time
2 figuresLake 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 870 | |
| 2020 | 888 | +18 (+2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 40 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
- 1943 USGS Quindaro quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Parkville quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1951 USGS Parkville 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
- 1964 USGS Parkville quadrangle1:24000, 8 printings
- 1983 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Parkville quadrangle1:24000
- 1996 USGS Parkville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
28 since 2007Regional 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/undetermined | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 3 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 28 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 8 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 7 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 21 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 14 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 13 August 2007 | Smoking | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 21 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Clay | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Clay | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Daniel Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Drennon Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Green Hills Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Parkville Special Road Dist Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Riley 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 |
Storms near this place
30 since 1998Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Waukomis | - | Mping report of 3 inch tree limbs broken; power poles broken. |
| October 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Waukomis | - | Delayed report. Social media photo of multiple trees snapped in the Weatherby Lake area. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Waukomis | - | Several tree limbs were down near Smithville. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Waukomis | - | This report was received via social media. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake 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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Waukomis | - | Trees were reported down, with thunderstorm wind gusts estimated up to 60 mph. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake 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 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Waukomis | - | Power lines and trees reported downed. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Lake Waukomis | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Lake Waukomis | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Lake Waukomis | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Lake Waukomis | - | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Hail | Lake Waukomis | - | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Hail | Lake Waukomis | - | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Hail | Lake Waukomis | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Lake Waukomis | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Lake Waukomis | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Lake Waukomis | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Lake Waukomis | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Lake Waukomis | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Lake Waukomis | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Lake Waukomis | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Lake Waukomis | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Lake Waukomis | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Lake Waukomis | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Heavy Rain | Lake Waukomis | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Lake Waukomis | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Lake Waukomis | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Lake Waukomis | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Lake Waukomis | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platte Woods | 0.6 miles | 40 | |
| Milton | 1.2 miles | 40 | |
| Northern Heights | 2.3 miles | 40 | |
| Houston Lake | 2.9 miles | 40 | |
| Parkdale | 3.0 miles | 40 | |
| North Moor | 3.0 miles | 40 | |
| Weatherby Lake | 3.1 miles | 40 | |
| Breen Acres | 3.3 miles | 40 |
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 Waukomis | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q963891 | 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 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.












