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Miami, Missouri

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Miami Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65344. It stands on Bell Branch. The Survey maps it on the Miami quadrangle. 152 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 781 feet above sea level.

Miami within Saline County

Population over time

2 figures

Miami fell from 175 to 152 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
2010175
2020152-23 (-13%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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.

In the county-history sources

8,169 words on this township

History of Saline County, Missouri, Carefully Written and Compiled from the Most Authentic Official and Private Sources ... with a Condensed History of Missouri; the State Constitution; a Military Record of Its Volunteers in Either Army of the Great Civil War ... Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men .., published 1881 names this settlement in its chapter on Miami Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

The incorporated town of Miami is one of the oldest in the county, and one with a most interesting history. It was formerly called Greenville, and at one time aspired to be the county seat. From a printed sketch the following history has been adapted:

Passage source: History of Saline County, Missouri, Carefully Written and Compiled from the Most Authentic Official and Private Sources ... with a Condensed History of Missouri; the State Constitution; a Military Record of Its Volunteers in Either Army of the Great Civil War ... Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men .., published 1881.

The site of the town of Miami was entered in the year 1833, by Henry Ferrill, one of the pioneers of Saline county. In 1886 he established a ferry, and in 1838 he laid out the town, which was known as Greenville until 1843, when it was changed to Miami. The broad-axe and whip-saw prepared all the building material used in the community until 1838, when a steam saw-mill enabled the good people to indulge in the luxury of plank houses. ยป

Passage source: History of Saline County, Missouri, Carefully Written and Compiled from the Most Authentic Official and Private Sources ... with a Condensed History of Missouri; the State Constitution; a Military Record of Its Volunteers in Either Army of the Great Civil War ... Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men .., published 1881.

Gradually the little village grew in population and in business to meet the requirements of the country. Hemp became the great staple of the county, and, in 1860, 'Saline was the great hemp-growing region of the west. Being the principal shipping point, Miami shared the notoriety and theprosperity, reaching a population of about 800.

Passage source: History of Saline County, Missouri, Carefully Written and Compiled from the Most Authentic Official and Private Sources ... with a Condensed History of Missouri; the State Constitution; a Military Record of Its Volunteers in Either Army of the Great Civil War ... Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men .., published 1881.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Miami Township - it names this place 21 more 21 times.

Fires near this place

3 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Miami between 1992 and 2018, burning about 42 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 burning3

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
8 February 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation176254-01749-02082018-1103
5 February 1994Debris and open burning33 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 February 1992Debris and open burning8.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Every fire recorded in Saline County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Miami: 12 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Garner QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Lautenslager QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Malan QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Miami Quarry #34 & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - SsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - SsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - SsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Saline County

Storms near this place

18 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Miami in 18 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 7 hail, 7 flood, 4 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 injury. 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
June 1994Thunderstorm WindMiami1 hurt, $500,000Large hail produced spotty crop damage across the southern half of the county, lasting about 25 minutes. Widespread wind damaged numerous wooded or tin farm structures in the Miami area. Many lost part or all of their roof, with eight completely destroyed. Power lines were blown down, farm machinery and crops were also damaged. A person was injured when a tree fell onto a car and shattered the windshield.
May 1994HailMiami$50,000Very large hail dented vehicles and produced crop damage to wheat and corn.
May 1994HailMiami$5,000Very large hail dented vehicles and produced crop damage to wheat and corn.
May 1994HailMiami$5,000Golf ball-size hail dented cars nearby and flattened wheat fields.
September 2025Thunderstorm WindMiami-Downed wires and tree limbs near County Road 111. Dispatch also reported strong winds south and east of Miami.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindMiami-A powerline was reported down near Miami, Missouri.
March 2008FloodMiami-The Missouri River at Miami crested at 18.65 feet, or 0.65 feet above flood stage.
April 2007FloodMiami-The Missouri River at Miami crested at 18.50 feet, or 0.50 feet above flood stage.
May 2007FloodMiami-The Missouri River near Miami crested at 18.45 feet, or 0.45 feet above flood stage.
May 2007FloodMiami-The Missouri River near Miami crested at 21.90 feet, or 3.90 feet above flood stage.
May 2007FloodMiami-The Missouri River at Miami crested at 29.48 feet, or 11.48 feet above flood stage. This was its second highest crest ever and occurred on May 11, 2007.
October 2007FloodMiami-The Missouri River at Miami crested at 18.40 feet, or 0.40 feet above flood stage.
October 2007FloodMiami-The Missouri River at Miami crested at 18.55 feet, or 0.55 feet above flood stage.
May 1998HailMiami-A local cooperative observer reported one inch diameter hail 3 miles east of Miami.
February 2017HailMiami-no account filed
March 2003HailMiami-no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindMiami-no account filed
June 1996HailMiami-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Saline 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
Sharon5.2 miles16
Fairville6.2 miles19
Blosser (historical)9.2 miles16
Stanhope9.4 miles16
Norton10.0 miles19
Slater11.0 miles18
Malta Bend11.4 miles16
New Frankfort11.8 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 MiamiAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q966585The 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 722260. 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.