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Lockwood, Missouri

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Lockwood Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65682. The Survey maps it on the Lockwood quadrangle. 846 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,086 feet above sea level.

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Lockwood within Dade County

Population over time

2 figures

Lockwood fell from 936 to 846 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
2010936
2020846-90 (-10%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

3 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Lockwood between 1999 and 2018, burning about 2 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1
Debris and open burning1

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
2 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 April 2014Smoking1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
13 February 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation176134-921-02132018-1609

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dade County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Lockwood: 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Allen Limestone Quarry + MillStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Allen PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Allen QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Rose Lockwood UarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Sons Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dade County

Storms near this place

60 of 77 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lockwood in 77 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 31 hail, 29 thunderstorm wind, 6 flash flood, 4 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
May 2013Tornado (EF0)Lockwood$250,000An EF-0 tornado touched down on the west side of Lockwood at the golf course and city pool area. The tornado tracked east-northeast to the north end of Sycamore St. A grocery store sustained roof damage. Several trees were uprooted and a carport was thrown. Wind speeds were estimated between 70 to 80 mph.
April 2019Tornado (EF0)Lockwood$100,000A National Weather Service storm survey found EF 0 tornado damage west and southwest of Lockwood with winds estimated at 75 mph along a 1.97 mile path. The tornado was on the ground for two minutes. Damage occurred to trees, outbuildings and a center pivot irrigation system.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindLockwood$75,000One home lost some guttering, Several trees and large limbs were reported down some on power lines. Portions of a corn field were laid flat by the high winds.
November 1995HailLockwood$50,000A thunderstorm with one to two inch hail heavily damaged homes in and around Lockwood.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindLockwood$30,000no account filed
July 2023Thunderstorm WindLockwood$25,000Numerous trees and large limbs were reported down. Power was out for several hours.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindLockwood$20,000Trees and powerlines were downed in Lockwood.
June 2025LightningLockwood$20,000A structure fire occurred due to lightning in Lockwood.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindLockwood$20,000A few large tree limbs were down on powerlines.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindLockwood$12,000Multiple large limbs were blown out of trees. One landed on a vehicle breaking the windshield and causing minor body damage. Other branches were hung in power lines.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindLockwood$5,000Several trees were blown down near Lockwood.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindLockwood$5,000Several power lines were reported down.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindLockwood$5,000Thunderstorm wind gusts damaged the roof of a barn.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindLockwood$5,000The sheriff reported wind gusts in excess of 65 mph with trees and power lines down.
April 2001Thunderstorm WindLockwood$5,000no account filed
April 1994HailLockwood$5,000no account filed
August 1999Thunderstorm WindLockwood$3,000no account filed
May 2001Thunderstorm WindLockwood$2,500no account filed
April 2001Thunderstorm WindLockwood$2,000no account filed
September 2003Thunderstorm WindLockwood$1,000Amateur radio operators observed several trees and power lines downed from severe thunderstorm wind gusts.
May 1994HailLockwood$500Reported by a cooperative weather observer.
April 1993HailLockwood$500no account filed
April 1994HailLockwood$50no account filed
June 2025FloodLockwood-Flooding occurred at State Highway D and Dade road 122.
May 2022FloodLockwood-US Highway 160 at Horse Creek was flooded and impassable.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindLockwood-The COOP Observer reported several large limbs down.
May 2019Heavy RainLockwood-A co-op observer reported a 24-hr rainfall accumulation of 4.71 inches.
May 2019Flash FloodLockwood-State Highway 97 was closed due to flooding north of Lockwood.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindLockwood-Numerous large limbs of 2 inch or greater diameter were reported down.
August 2018Heavy RainLockwood-A Cooperative Observer reported that 2.42 inches of rain fell in approximately one and a half hours.
August 2018Heavy RainLockwood-A 24 hour storm total of 2.60 inches of rainfall was reported.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindLockwood-Several large tree limbs were blown down near Everton and Lockwood.
May 2017HailLockwood-There were pictures of tennis ball size hail near Lockwood.
October 2017Thunderstorm WindLockwood-A large tree was blown down onto the Highway 160 just east of the Lockwood Drive-in.
December 2015Heavy RainLockwood-There was a report of 4.65 inches of rainfall in 24 hours.
June 2013Flash FloodLockwood-There was flooding in Lockwood at 12th and 17th Streets. Roads were impassable. Flooding was also reported one mile west of Route 97 and Highway A.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindLockwood-The winds were estimated.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindLockwood-A deputy estimated wind speeds up to 60 mph.
July 2008Flash FloodLockwood-Pettis Creek flooded a section of County Road 152. This section of flooded roadway was impassable to motorists.
July 2007Flash FloodLockwood-Excessive rainfall caused flooding at the intersection of Highway 97 and County Road E.
March 2007Flash FloodLockwood-Thunderstorms producing heavy rainfall caused a few creeks to flow out of their banks and closed some roads to traffic. The Kyle and Muddy creeks were out of their banks for several hours as a result of runoff from heavy rainfall. Elm street, in the town of Lockwood, was closed to motorists with several inches of water on the road.
March 2006Tornado (F0)Lockwood-This tornado is a continuation of the Barton County tornado. The tornado caused intermittent weak tree damage across rural sections of northwest Dade County. The tornado crossed the Cedar County line approximately two miles north northeast of Arcola prior to dissipating.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindLockwood-Thunderstorm wind gusts destroyed a barn and downed several trees in a rural area northwest of Lockwood.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindLockwood-A National Weather Service storm survey revealed that a microburst damaged areas of rural southwest Dade County. Several trees were downed from the event.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindLockwood-Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed several trees on some power lines.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindLockwood-Numerous trees were downed in the community of Lockwood from severe thunderstorm wind gusts.
May 2017HailLockwood-no account filed
March 2015HailLockwood-no account filed
April 2015HailLockwood-no account filed
April 2014Thunderstorm WindLockwood-no account filed
April 2014HailLockwood-no account filed
June 2012HailLockwood-no account filed
April 2008HailLockwood-no account filed
March 2006HailLockwood-no account filed
June 2006HailLockwood-no account filed
November 2005Funnel CloudLockwood-no account filed
March 2004HailLockwood-no account filed
March 2004HailLockwood-no account filed
April 2004HailLockwood-no account filed
May 2004HailLockwood-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dade 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
Meinert4.0 miles15
Kings Point4.6 miles15
Grays Valley4.8 miles15
South Greenfield6.0 miles17
Sims Point6.2 miles15
Greenfield6.3 miles17
Pennsboro7.5 miles15
Davenport7.6 miles16

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 LockwoodAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q953163The 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 729922. 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.