Madison, Missouri
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Marion Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65263. The Survey maps it on the Madison quadrangle. 515 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 801 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresMadison fell from 554 to 515 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 | 554 | |
| 2020 | 515 | -39 (-7%) |
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.
- 1890 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1953 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Madison quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
51 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Madison between 1993 and 2020, burning about 653 acres in total. 1 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 | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 25 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 14 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 26 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 18 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.6 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179549-06902-07182019-1745 |
| 27 May 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 9 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190448-06902-04042020-1315 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Madison: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. 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.
Storms near this place
24 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Madison in 24 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 11 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 3 tornado, 1 heavy rain. The reports record 1 death. 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 2003 | Heavy Rain | Madison | 1 killed | A 17 year old man was killed when he tried to cross a flooded low-water crossing in a horse and buggy. The horse made it across safely. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madison | $20,000 | Numerous tree limbs were reported to be down across town in Madison. A power pole was also snapped here. A carport was blown out along Route A, but the exact location was unknown. Locations within the path of this storm include Madison and Holliday. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madison | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous large tree limbs around town and uprooted a large tree. |
| October 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madison | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous trees and tree limbs across Monroe County, from Madison northeastward through Holliday, Paris, then onto Stoutsville. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madison | - | A wide swath of wind damage extended across Monroe County from Madison through Paris to Monroe City. Numerous trees, tree limbs and power lines were blown down. One large tree was uprooted in Paris and fell onto a house causing moderate damage. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madison | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous large tree limbs and a couple of trees. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madison | - | An intense bow echo moved through the area, blowing down numerous trees, tree limbs and power lines. Near Holliday on U.S. Highway 24, a large machine shed was destroyed. |
| March 2009 | Flash Flood | Madison | - | Between 2 and 3 inches fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. A concrete slab was washed out of a low water crossing at the intersection of county roads 120 an 117 about two miles west of Holliday. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madison | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several power lines, large tree limbs and a few trees. |
| March 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Madison | - | A tornado first touched down along Highway K one mile west of Highway 151. A machine shed was completely destroyed with the debris field extending some 300 yards to the south and southeast. Some pieces of the debris damaged the roof of a farm home and another machine shed on Highway K. The tornado then lifted and touched down again at the intersection of Highway 151 and County Road 136 causing slight roof damage to a home and blowing down several large tree limbs. The tornado made a third and final touch down at the intersection of County Roads 136 and 117. Several large pine trees were blown down at this location before the tornado lifted and dissipated. |
| March 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madison | - | A microburst caused moderate damage to a machine shed along U.S. Hwy 24 two and a half miles west of Madison. The nearby farm home sustained minor roof and siding damage. |
| October 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madison | - | Thunderstorm winds damaged a batting cage at the baseball fields in town and blew down several trees. |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madison | - | Thunderstorm winds blew off part of the roof of one house and a tractor trailer was blown off the road. No injuries were reported. |
| March 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Madison | - | A tornado briefly touched down in a field and blew down several trees. No structural damage or injuries were reported. |
| March 2006 | Tornado (F4) | Madison | - | As the first Monroe County tornado dissipated, another formed just to the southeast. The two tornadoes traveled parallel for about 100 yards. The second tornado damaged a home shortly after forming and then continued northeast causing tree, barn and farm outbuilding damage and as it moved through rural areas near Holliday and then to Paris. About 1 mile north of Paris the tornado destroyed 2 homes, one very well built, near the Highway 15 Spur. A pickup truck was tossed over 100 yards into the living room of one home. This home had one wall that remained standing while the other was completely leveled. Debris from one home was found over a half mile to the northeast. The damage was rated F4 and was about one quarter mile wide. The tornado moved northeast and destroyed 2 mobile homes and damaged 2 other homes near US 24. Numerous trees were also either snapped or uprooted. The tornado continued through rural areas and moved into Monroe City. Several mobile homes were destroyed on the west side of town. A church sustained considerable roof and wall damage and other buildings suffered roof damage. The tornado dissipated over the northeast side of town. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madison | - | Numerous trees were reported down near the intersection of routes 14 and 151. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Madison | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Madison | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Madison | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Madison | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Madison | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Madison | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Madison | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Madison | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holliday | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Ash | 5.1 miles | 10 | |
| Evansville | 5.2 miles | 15 | |
| Middle Grove | 6.3 miles | 15 | |
| Woodlawn | 7.2 miles | 8 | |
| Fowkes | 7.4 miles | 18 | |
| Duncans Bridge | 7.6 miles | 10 | |
| Granville | 8.5 miles | 9 |
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 Madison | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q961835 | 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 721745. 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.






