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Lowry City, Missouri

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Butler Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64763. The Survey maps it on the Lowry City quadrangle. 613 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 873 feet above sea level.

Lowry City within St. Clair County

Population over time

2 figures

Lowry City fell from 640 to 613 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
2010640
2020613-27 (-4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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

11 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Lowry City between 1992 and 2016, burning about 176 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
Debris and open burning7
Equipment and vehicle use2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarism10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
18 September 2000Debris and open burning15 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 April 1992Debris and open burning4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 April 2014Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
30 March 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined90 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
19 March 2014Debris and open burning10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
18 March 2014Debris and open burning30 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
16 March 2013Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Every fire recorded in St. Clair County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Lowry City: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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
Snyder QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Collins BankIronPast Producer
Greenwell BankIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in St. Clair County

Storms near this place

48 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lowry City in 48 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 23 thunderstorm wind, 17 hail, 4 flash flood, 3 tornado. 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 2025Tornado (EF1)Lowry City$150,000A NWS storm survey determined that a tornado touched down south-southwest of Lowry City, continued through the city, and then caused the worst damage along NE 1000 Rd northeast of Lowry City, ending north of the intersection of NE 1000 Rd and NE 401 Rd. In addition to a roof torn off a mobile home, this tornado destroyed several barns and outbuildings, uprooted trees and downed power lines. Maximum wind speeds of 110 mph were determined.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindLowry City$50,000no account filed
July 2020Flash FloodLowry City$25,000A low water bridge was washed out on Road 401 just south of Highway C.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindLowry City$10,000A large tree was blown over onto a mobile home.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindLowry City$10,000A large tree was reported down on power lines near the intersection of Highway A and Center Road.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindLowry City$10,000Several trees and power lines were blown down. There was minor damage to a home patio. This report was from social media and time was estimated by radar.
July 2002HailLowry City$10,000no account filed
June 2024Thunderstorm WindLowry City$8,000Several uprooted trees in and around Lowry City.
May 2024Tornado (EF0)Lowry City$5,000A NWS storm survey determined a short lived EF-0 tornado touched down in this location. Maximum winds of 70-75 mph caused trees to be down in multiple directions. The storm continued to produce non-tornadic wind damage as it moved east of Highway 13.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindLowry City$5,000A farm building was heavily damaged on Highway A west of Lowry City.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindLowry City$5,000Several trees and power lines were blown down.
March 2024Thunderstorm WindLowry City$3,000There was a delayed report with pictures of roof damage to a barn where the metal was peeled back.
October 2002Thunderstorm WindLowry City$2,000no account filed
May 2024Thunderstorm WindLowry City$1,000Report of large branches broken off a tree.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindLowry City$1,000Trees and power lines were reported down. Minor damage occurred to an outbuilding. Storm spotter estimated winds at 60 mph.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindLowry City$1,000Reports of numerous trees down and uprooted, along with multiple power outages occurred as winds gusted to an estimated 70 mph.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindLowry City$500Small branches were reported down at Highway D and 1st street. 60 mph wind gusts were estimated, with dime size hail observed.
March 1993HailLowry City$500Baseball-size hail damaged a county sheriff's patrol car.
July 2020Flash FloodLowry City-State Highways A and C were closed along Highway 13 due to high water.
July 2020Heavy RainLowry City-The Emergency Manager reported measuring 6.01 inches of rain over a 4 hour and 45 minute period. The=is resulted in flooding near the city.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindLowry City-There were several large tree limbs and tree blown down in Lowry City.
June 2015Flash FloodLowry City-Sheriff department reported water over the roadway near Highway A in St. Clair County.
April 2014HailLowry City-Hail covered the ground with the largest hail the size of golf balls. No significant damage was reported other than some minor damage to a few cars.
January 2008Tornado (EF0)Lowry City-Skywarn storm spotters observed a brief tornado touch down in rural St. Clair County. This weak tornado damaged a few trees southwest of Lowry City.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindLowry City-A few trees were downed from severe thunderstorm wind gusts near Lowry City.
March 1993Thunderstorm WindLowry City-Baseball-size hail damaged a county sheriff's patrol car.
May 2018HailLowry City-no account filed
April 2014HailLowry City-no account filed
February 2009HailLowry City-no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindLowry City-no account filed
May 2004HailLowry City-no account filed
August 2003Thunderstorm WindLowry City-no account filed
August 2003Thunderstorm WindLowry City-no account filed
May 2003Thunderstorm WindLowry City-no account filed
May 2003HailLowry City-no account filed
May 2003HailLowry City-no account filed
May 2003HailLowry City-no account filed
May 2003Thunderstorm WindLowry City-no account filed
July 2003HailLowry City-no account filed
May 2002Flash FloodLowry City-no account filed
May 2000HailLowry City-no account filed
June 2000HailLowry City-no account filed
June 2000HailLowry City-no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindLowry City-no account filed
April 1999Thunderstorm WindLowry City-no account filed
June 1998HailLowry City-no account filed
April 1997HailLowry City-no account filed
May 1996HailLowry City-no account filed

Every storm recorded in St. Clair 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
Chloe3.1 miles20
Chalk Level5.4 miles20
Browns Ford5.8 miles19
Osceola6.5 miles20
Ohio6.7 miles17
Ninnescah Park6.8 miles19
Baker (historical)8.3 miles19
Corbin (historical)8.6 miles20

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 Lowry CityAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q952615The 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 756332. 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.