Lupus, Missouri
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Linn Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65046. It stands on Splice Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jamestown quadrangle. 28 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 577 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresLupus fell from 33 to 28 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 | 33 | |
| 2020 | 28 | -5 (-15%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 20 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.
- 1886 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Columbia quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Columbia quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Jamestown quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
6 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Lupus between 1994 and 2018, burning about 144 acres 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 | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177843-06843-05042018-1921 |
| 20 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 11 acres | Big Muddy National Wildlife Refuge | OVERTON LEVEE |
| 7 February 1994 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 18 February 1994 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 31 January 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177701-06843-01312018-1315 |
| 27 January 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.9 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177700-06843-01272018-1442 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Lupus: 15 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc. 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 - Lead Zinc | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Frank Smith Land | Barium-Barite | Prospect | ||
| Honey Mine | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Mcdonald Mine | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Ramon Mine | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Tiff Mine | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Barite | Barium-Barite | Prospect | ||
| Unknown - Barite | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Lupus Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Lupus Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lupus in 5 storm reports between 2007 and 2016: 3 flash flood, 2 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2007 | Flood | Lupus | $5,000 | The Missouri River flooded the northeast part of Moniteau County from Lupus to Jamestown. Some sandbagging was done in the Lupus area to protect a couple of homes. Otherwise the flooding was limited to farmland in the flood plain and roads close to the river. |
| August 2016 | Flash Flood | Lupus | - | Up to five inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. Numerous roads were flooded including Highway 179. Also, there were several roads in Jamestown flooded. |
| July 2016 | Flash Flood | Lupus | - | Up to five inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. Numerous roads were flooded including Highway 179. Also, there were several roads in Jamestown flooded. |
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | Lupus | - | Up to three inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. Numerous roads were flooded including U.S. Highway 50 just west of Tipton with up to a foot of water flowing over it in this location. |
| June 2010 | Flood | Lupus | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Renfro | 3.1 miles | 18 | |
| Jamestown | 5.7 miles | 20 | |
| Sandy Hook | 7.2 miles | 18 | |
| Cedron | 7.9 miles | 18 | |
| Bacon | 9.5 miles | 18 | |
| Kliever | 10.6 miles | 19 | |
| California | 16.2 miles | 19 | |
| McGirk | 16.3 miles | 18 |
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 Lupus | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q960835 | 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 721677. 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.










