BlockLilbourn, Missouri
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Lewis Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63862. The Survey maps it on the New Madrid quadrangle. 994 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 285 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresLilbourn fell from 1,190 to 994 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 | 1,190 | |
| 2020 | 994 | -196 (-16%) |
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.
- 1939 USGS New Madrid quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS New Madrid SE quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS New Madrid quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Dyersburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1971 USGS New Madrid quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS New Madrid quadrangle1:62500
- 1985 USGS Sikeston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Lilbourn in 2017, burning about 1 acre 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 January 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Lilbourn: 7 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lilbourn in 9 storm reports between 2005 and 2019: 5 hail, 2 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2005 | Tornado (F1) | Lilbourn | 2 hurt, $60,000 | A couple of mobile homes were pushed off their foundations several feet. Several projectiles were embedded in one of the mobile homes. A considerable amount of debris was stuck in the trees in the area. Numerous trees were either topped or blown down. A minivan was turned slightly while parked. A couple of small outbuildings were damaged or destroyed. Near the end of the tornado track, a couple of farm trailers and a couple of empty semi trailers were overturned. Peak winds were estimated near 80 MPH. The tornado lifted south of Highway U near the railroad tracks. |
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lilbourn | $100,000 | A microburst moved through the heart of the community of Lilbourn. An unoccupied mobile home was blown over. The roof was blown off a nearby business. A large loading dock door was damaged. Shingles were blown off houses, mainly on the east side of town. Outbuildings were moved around from west to east. |
| November 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Lilbourn | $10,000 | An old equipment shed was destroyed. Near the shed, a couple of power lines were down and a good sized, but partially rotten tree was snapped off about halfway up. The damage was located on Highway 62, 3.5 miles west of the Highway 61/62 junction. Peak winds were estimated at 70 MPH. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lilbourn | $5,000 | An older brick building under demolition collapsed near Lilbourn. In New Madrid, a couple of sheds were blown over. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Lilbourn | - | Quarter size hail occurred at Lilbourn, and dime size hail occurred on Interstate 55 near New Madrid. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Lilbourn | - | no account filed |
| April 2017 | Hail | Lilbourn | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Lilbourn | - | no account filed |
| October 2008 | Hail | Lilbourn | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Lilbourn | 0.7 miles | 15 | |
| Cody (historical) | 1.3 miles | 15 | |
| Sky | 1.5 miles | 11 | |
| Otis | 1.6 miles | 15 | |
| Howardville | 1.8 miles | 15 | |
| Dodds | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| Hurricane Ridge | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| New Madrid | 4.7 miles | 15 |
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 Lilbourn | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q965836 | 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 731603. 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.