Milan, Missouri
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Polk Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63556. It stands on Elmwood Branch. The Survey maps it on the Milan West quadrangle. 1,819 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 974 feet above sea level.
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On record in Milan
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 3 records
Milan Railroad Depotlisted 1996
Quincy, Omaha and Kansas City Railroad Office Buildinglisted 1992- Camp Ground Church and Cemetarylisted 1985
Population over time
2 figuresMilan fell from 1,960 to 1,819 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 | 1,960 | |
| 2020 | 1,819 | -141 (-7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Milan West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Trenton quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Milan in 2011, burning about 3 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 March 2011 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Milan: 13 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Colonial Limestone Co.Qry No2/Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Cowgill Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Montgomery Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
53 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Milan in 53 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 25 thunderstorm wind, 23 hail, 2 flash flood, 2 tornado. 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 2009 | Tornado (EF1) | Milan | 1 killed, $25,000 | An EF1 tornado touched down at 1610 CST, about two miles north-northeast of Milan. The tornado proceeded east-northeast, and lifted about three and a half miles south-southeast of Boynton, at 1635 CST. The tornado destroyed a mobile home and killed a female occupant. Numerous trees were uprooted or damaged. |
| August 2004 | Flash Flood | Milan | $100,000 | Bridge washed out along State Route PP. Several area roads under water. Rainfall was from 6 to 9 inches in this area. |
| October 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milan | $40,000 | Mobile home destroyed and grain bin knocked down. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milan | $25,000 | A roof was reported to have blown off a house, south of Milan on Highway 5. One wall was partially blown down. |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milan | $5,000 | Several large trees were knocked down. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milan | $2,000 | Public reported numerous tree branches down across Milan as well as a swing set toppled over. |
| July 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Milan | $400 | A brief EF0 tornado touchdown was reported at 21:22 CST, 3 miles southwest of Milan. The tornado lifted at 21:23 CST. A roof was blown off a garage. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milan | - | Estimated wind gusts up to 65 mph about 3 miles northwest of Milan. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Milan | - | Golf ball sized hail was reported about 4 miles northwest of Milan. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Milan | - | Two inch sized hail was reported in Milan. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milan | - | Sullivan County Sheriff's office reported 60 mph winds. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milan | - | Amateur radio operator reported 58 mph winds. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milan | - | A peak wind of 75.2 mph was recorded by an amateur radio operator. Power was knocked out at their location. |
| September 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milan | - | There was a reported 60 mph wind gust west of Milan. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milan | - | A trained spotter reported a 60 mph wind gust. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milan | - | A two inch tree limb was snapped. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milan | - | Several large tree limbs were reported snapped in Milan, Missouri. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milan | - | Thunderstorm wind gust was measured at 71 mph. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milan | - | Thunderstorm wind gust was measured at 71 mph. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milan | - | A large tree was reported down. Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated to 60 mph. |
| July 2010 | Funnel Cloud | Milan | - | A funnel cloud was observed 5 miles southeast of Milan. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milan | - | Large trees and limbs were reported down. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milan | - | Large trees blocking road. |
| August 2004 | Flash Flood | Milan | - | Highway 5 and several other rural roads remain closed due to high water. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milan | - | Ten inch tree limb knocked down. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milan | - | Emergency managers reported large trees uprooted between Milan and Humphries. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milan | - | A large tree was downed in a road near Milan |
| March 2023 | Hail | Milan | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Milan | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Milan | - | no account filed |
| March 2022 | Hail | Milan | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Milan | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Milan | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Hail | Milan | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Milan | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Milan | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Milan | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Milan | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Milan | - | no account filed |
| March 2011 | Hail | Milan | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Milan | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Milan | - | no account filed |
| March 2009 | Hail | Milan | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milan | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Milan | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milan | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Milan | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milan | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milan | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milan | - | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Hail | Milan | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Milan | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Milan | - | 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.
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 Milan | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q965421 | 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 722309. 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.




