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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.

Mindenmines within Barton County

Population over time

2 figures

Mindenmines 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.

YearPeople Change
2010365
2020271-94 (-26%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 22 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.

Fires near this place

24 since 2015

Regional 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/undetermined12
Debris and open burning8
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Fireworks1

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
16 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCrawford County128
10 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
28 June 2017Fireworksunder an acreCrawford County017-085
26 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service018-056
25 March 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service016-065
18 March 2017Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresCrawford County64
9 February 2017Debris and open burning100 acresCrawford County017-015
28 February 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCrawford County017-047

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Barton County

Storms near this place

42 since 1995

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2009Thunderstorm WindMindenmines$4,000,000Widespread 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 2019Tornado (EF1)Mindenmines$50,000A 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 1995Thunderstorm WindMindenmines$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 2019Thunderstorm WindMindenmines$15,000Trees and power lines were reported down off State Line Road, 5 miles east of Frontenac.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindMindenmines$10,000Two houses sustained siding damage from thunderstorm wind gusts.
March 2022Heavy RainMindenmines-Mesonet Station JONM7 reported 2.oo inches of rain over 24 hours.
May 2017FloodMindenmines-State Highway M was closed due to flooding.
April 2017FloodMindenmines-Route M was closed due to flooding.
May 2015FloodMindenmines-Route M in western Barton County was impassable due to flooding.
December 2015FloodMindenmines-State Highway M at the Glendale Fork was closed due to flooding.
April 2013HailMindenmines-Pea to penny size hail covered the ground.
July 2013FloodMindenmines-There was flooding along Route M just south of Highway 60 along Glendale Fork.
July 2013Flash FloodMindenmines-The road at M Highway and 40th Street was closed due to flooding.
April 2012Flash FloodMindenmines-A portion of Highway M was flooded.
April 2012FloodMindenmines-Route M was closed due to flooding.
June 2011HailMindenmines-Wind Gusts to 40 mph were also reported.
September 2009Flash FloodMindenmines-State Route M along the Little Fork Creek was closed due to flooding.
May 2008Tornado (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 2007Flash FloodMindenmines-Flash flooding covered low lying areas along Highway 160 near Mindenmines. Several dirt roads in this area were impassable to motorists.
June 2007Flash FloodMindenmines-A section of Highway 160 east of Mindenmines was closed off from motorists as flash flooding inundated the highway.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindMindenmines-Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed a few trees near Mindenmines.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindMindenmines-Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed numerous trees in a path from Mindenmines to Iantha. A few homes also received minor damage.
July 1997Flash FloodMindenmines-Heavy rainfall of up to three inches caused street flooding.
March 2017HailMindenmines-no account filed
March 2015HailMindenmines-no account filed
May 2014HailMindenmines-no account filed
March 2011HailMindenmines-no account filed
March 2010HailMindenmines-no account filed
June 2010HailMindenmines-no account filed
June 2008Funnel CloudMindenmines-no account filed
March 2006Thunderstorm WindMindenmines-no account filed
April 2005HailMindenmines-no account filed
March 2004HailMindenmines-no account filed
July 2003HailMindenmines-no account filed
May 2002HailMindenmines-no account filed
February 2001Flash FloodMindenmines-no account filed
June 2001HailMindenmines-no account filed
May 2000HailMindenmines-no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindMindenmines-no account filed
September 2000HailMindenmines-no account filed
September 1999Thunderstorm WindMindenmines-no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindMindenmines-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Barton 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
Miller Brothers (historical)4.5 miles26
Burgess6.0 miles26
Liberal7.0 miles26
Wimmer7.1 miles16
Nashville8.5 miles17
Ardath9.6 miles26
Iantha10.7 miles16
Oskaloosa11.6 miles26

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 MindenminesAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q967894The 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.