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Louisburg, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1884 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Grant Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65685. The Survey maps it on the Urbana quadrangle. 134 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,175 feet above sea level.

Louisburg within Dallas County

Population over time

2 figures

Louisburg grew from 122 to 134 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
2010122
2020134+12 (+10%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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

16 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Louisburg between 1994 and 2020, burning about 355 acres in total. None 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
Debris and open burning12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Arson/incendiarism2

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
6 May 2018Debris and open burning45 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176852-03015-05062018-1539
6 April 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
20 April 2014Arson/incendiarism89 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
29 March 2020Debris and open burning5.2 acresMissouri Department of Conservation190342-03015-03292020-1407
25 March 1994Debris and open burning4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
24 March 1995Arson/incendiarism80 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
23 March 1995Debris and open burning50 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
24 February 1995Debris and open burning10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dallas County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Louisburg: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Iron. 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
Day LandIronPast Producer
Nasalrod DiggingsLead, ZincPast Producer
Booth ShaftLeadPast Producer
Henry Booth ShaftLeadPast Producer
James Evans ProspectLeadPast Producer
Smith MinesLeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dallas County

Storms near this place

35 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Louisburg in 35 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 11 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 7 flood, 6 flash flood. The reports record 3 deaths and 10 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2003Tornado (F3)Louisburg2 killed, 10 hurt, $3,800,000no account filed
May 2025FloodLouisburg1 killedA fatality occurred when a moped was driven into a low water crossing on Mathis Road and was swept into Lindley Creek. An estimated rainfall amount of 0.50 to 0.75 inches had fallen.
April 2019Tornado (EF0)Louisburg$68,000A National Weather Service storm survey confirmed an EF-0 tornado. Significant damage to a barn occurred near the starting point of the tornado along Soda Creek Road just east of Ash Street, throwing portions of the structure northeast, southeast and south. A pole barn east northeast of the barn was completely destroyed with posts, sunk three feet into the ground, lifted out and thrown to the east northeast. From this location intermittent tree damage, some of which in a cyclonic manner, occurred before the tornado destroyed another 20x40 pole barn and uprooted a three foot diameter walnut tree at a farm on New Hope Road. The pole barn was rolled to the southeast before the tornado moved into a field east of New Hope Road where a few additional trees were snapped or uprooted before the tornado dissipated. Maximum wind speeds were estimated at 80 mph.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindLouisburg$30,000A large tree was uprooted and a barn suffered significant damage.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindLouisburg$30,000Numerous trees were reported down and a barn suffered significant damage.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindLouisburg$20,000A trailer building was blown into the road near the intersection of Highway 64 and 65. A roof was blow off of a lumberyard. Several trees were uprooted. Several mobile and frame homes had minor roof damage.
July 2016FloodLouisburg$10,000A small truck was washed off a low water bridge on Huckaby Road along Ingalls Creek. The occupant was not injured and abandoned the vehicle without assistance.
July 2016FloodLouisburg$10,000A car was washed off a low water crossing on Huckaby Road along Ingalls Creek.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindLouisburg$5,000Several power lines were blown from northeast Polk County into Louisburg and Tunas areas in Dallas County.
March 2008Flash FloodLouisburg$1,000Four to five inches of rain fell over Dallas County. Flooding of numerous county and state roads occurred. All locations that typically flood during periods of excessive rainfall were flooded.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindLouisburg-Several trees were reported down.
May 2022FloodLouisburg-Route C at Lindley Creek Was closed due to flooding.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindLouisburg-Six large trees were reported uprooted.
March 2010FloodLouisburg-Highway C was closed due to flooding from three miles west to four miles west of Highway 65.
March 2010FloodLouisburg-Highway C was closed due to flooding from three miles west to four miles west of Highway 65.
November 2009Flash FloodLouisburg-Route C, west of Highway 65 was closed due to flooding.
December 2009Flash FloodLouisburg-The Little Lindley Creek Flooded a section of Highway C.
March 2008FloodLouisburg-A section of Highway C northwest of Buffalo flooded for several hours.
April 2008Flash FloodLouisburg-Flooding occurred over several areas of Dallas County. These specific locations include a section of Highway 65 near its intersection with Valley Road, a section of Highway 73 near its intersection with Rocket Road, a section of Highway C three miles northeast of Buffalo, and a section of Highway JJ near its intersection with Highway 32.
March 2008Flash FloodLouisburg-Saturated antecedent conditions existed prior to this period of excessive rainfall. Some regional locations experienced record rainfall totals from February and March. One to three inches of rain fell across the county causing widespread flash flooding of low water crossings, county roads, and low lying areas near creeks and rivers. Ultimately, all locations that typically flood during periods of excessive rainfall were flooded.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindLouisburg-Thunderstorm wind gusts downed a few trees.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindLouisburg-Thunderstorm wind gusts downed several trees near the intersection of County Road 255 and Highway 64.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindLouisburg-Thunderstorm winds downed trees.
August 2012HailLouisburg-no account filed
May 2011HailLouisburg-no account filed
May 2008HailLouisburg-no account filed
March 2006HailLouisburg-no account filed
March 2006HailLouisburg-no account filed
January 2005Flash FloodLouisburg-no account filed
April 2005HailLouisburg-no account filed
November 2005HailLouisburg-no account filed
July 2003HailLouisburg-no account filed
July 2003HailLouisburg-no account filed
August 2003HailLouisburg-no account filed
April 2002HailLouisburg-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dallas 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
Mathis2.9 miles19
Pumpkin Center3.7 miles17
Wood Hill5.4 miles17
Urbana6.0 miles19
Buffalo8.2 miles17
Reynolds8.3 miles19
Tunas8.7 miles17
Plad8.7 miles14

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 LouisburgAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2398222The 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 721608. 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.