Mindenmines, Missouri
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1991. It stands in South West Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64769. The Survey maps it on the Mindenmines quadrangle. 271 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 961 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresMindenmines fell from 365 to 271 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 | 365 | |
| 2020 | 271 | -94 (-26%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 22 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 Joplin quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1945 USGS Pittsburg quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1947 USGS Pittsburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Pittsburg quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Mindenmines quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
24 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Mindenmines between 2015 and 2020, burning about 215 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Crawford County | 128 |
| 10 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 28 June 2017 | Fireworks | under an acre | Crawford County | 017-085 |
| 26 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 018-056 |
| 25 March 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 016-065 |
| 18 March 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.0 acres | Crawford County | 64 |
| 9 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Crawford County | 017-015 |
| 28 February 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Crawford County | 017-047 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
42 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mindenmines in 42 storm reports between 1995 and 2022: 15 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 7 flash flood, 6 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 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mindenmines | $4,000,000 | Widespread structural, tree, and power pole damage occurred across the majority of Barton County. The city of Lamar was impacted the greatest with numerous structures sustaining roof damage. A storage building at a lumber store was completely destroyed while the Lamar High School sustained major roof damage, causing rain to flood the gymnasium. Over 2000 residences lost power throughout the county. The community of Liberal had numerous structures that sustained damage, while it was estimated that Golden City had approximately 12 homes with damage. |
| May 2019 | Tornado (EF1) | Mindenmines | $50,000 | A National Weather Service storm survey determined that an EF-1 tornado with maximum winds of 105 mph traveled along a 4 mile path across western Barton County, Missouri after moving out of Cherokee County, Kansas. The tornado continue for a total of 10 miles starting south of Pittsburg, Kansas before lifting SE of Mindenmines, Missouri. Damage was largely to trees in Missouri though two homes suffered minor damage near M Highway before the tornado dissipated just east of M Highway, north of SW 50th Road. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mindenmines | $25,000 | ,,, Thunderstorm winds destroyed a house trailer and several outbuildings in Mindenmines, as well as penny-size hail and an estimated 80 mph wind at Iantha. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mindenmines | $15,000 | Trees and power lines were reported down off State Line Road, 5 miles east of Frontenac. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mindenmines | $10,000 | Two houses sustained siding damage from thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| March 2022 | Heavy Rain | Mindenmines | - | Mesonet Station JONM7 reported 2.oo inches of rain over 24 hours. |
| May 2017 | Flood | Mindenmines | - | State Highway M was closed due to flooding. |
| April 2017 | Flood | Mindenmines | - | Route M was closed due to flooding. |
| May 2015 | Flood | Mindenmines | - | Route M in western Barton County was impassable due to flooding. |
| December 2015 | Flood | Mindenmines | - | State Highway M at the Glendale Fork was closed due to flooding. |
| April 2013 | Hail | Mindenmines | - | Pea to penny size hail covered the ground. |
| July 2013 | Flood | Mindenmines | - | There was flooding along Route M just south of Highway 60 along Glendale Fork. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Mindenmines | - | The road at M Highway and 40th Street was closed due to flooding. |
| April 2012 | Flash Flood | Mindenmines | - | A portion of Highway M was flooded. |
| April 2012 | Flood | Mindenmines | - | Route M was closed due to flooding. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Mindenmines | - | Wind Gusts to 40 mph were also reported. |
| September 2009 | Flash Flood | Mindenmines | - | State Route M along the Little Fork Creek was closed due to flooding. |
| May 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Mindenmines | - | Trained spotters in Barton County observed a brief tornado. The tornado touched down near a strip pit area, and no damage occurred. |
| May 2007 | Flash Flood | Mindenmines | - | Flash flooding covered low lying areas along Highway 160 near Mindenmines. Several dirt roads in this area were impassable to motorists. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Mindenmines | - | A section of Highway 160 east of Mindenmines was closed off from motorists as flash flooding inundated the highway. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mindenmines | - | Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed a few trees near Mindenmines. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mindenmines | - | Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed numerous trees in a path from Mindenmines to Iantha. A few homes also received minor damage. |
| July 1997 | Flash Flood | Mindenmines | - | Heavy rainfall of up to three inches caused street flooding. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Mindenmines | - | no account filed |
| March 2015 | Hail | Mindenmines | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Mindenmines | - | no account filed |
| March 2011 | Hail | Mindenmines | - | no account filed |
| March 2010 | Hail | Mindenmines | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Mindenmines | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Funnel Cloud | Mindenmines | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mindenmines | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Mindenmines | - | no account filed |
| March 2004 | Hail | Mindenmines | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Mindenmines | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Mindenmines | - | no account filed |
| February 2001 | Flash Flood | Mindenmines | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Mindenmines | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Mindenmines | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mindenmines | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Hail | Mindenmines | - | no account filed |
| September 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mindenmines | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mindenmines | - | 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 Mindenmines | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q967894 | 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 740004. 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.
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.












