Miner, Missouri
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Richland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63801. The Survey maps it on the Sikeston North quadrangle. 916 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 312 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresMiner fell from 984 to 916 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 | 984 | |
| 2020 | 916 | -68 (-7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1931 USGS Sikeston quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1934 USGS Sikeston quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1939 USGS Sikeston quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Dyersburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1963 USGS Sikeston quadrangle1:62500
- 1963 USGS Sikeston North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Sikeston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Miner in 2019, burning about 570 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 570 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179436-10083-09082019-1105 |
| 4 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179342-06732-07042019-1525 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Miner: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hedrick Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Miner in 11 storm reports between 1997 and 2022: 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miner | 1 hurt, $40,000 | An abandoned mobile home was blown into trees off U.S. Highway 61 near Morley. At least four semis and three recreational vehicles were blown over on Interstate 55 between the Cape Girardeau County line and Interstate 57. The driver of an overturned semi was taken to a local hospital and treated for minor injuries. Interstate 55 was closed both north and southbound from mile markers 40 to 80. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miner | $60,000 | Two buildings were damaged in the town of Miner. One of the buildings was a large metal equipment shed for the Missouri Department of Transportation. The shed was heavily damaged, including some of the metal framing. The other building was a business which was damaged, including windows and entrance doors being blown out. The time of occurrence was determined from security cameras. In Diehlstadt, an oak tree two feet in diameter was uprooted, a privacy fence was damaged, and some siding was torn off a house on the eastern edge of town. |
| May 2019 | Tornado (EF1) | Miner | $50,000 | An EF-1 tornado resulted in a house losing a portion of its roof, including the roof decking. Several small outbuildings or porches lost part of their roofs or walls. Limbs were broken off a couple dozen trees, and a few smaller trees were uprooted or broken. Wooden fencing and swing sets were blown over. Peak winds were estimated near 95 mph. |
| February 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miner | $30,000 | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miner | $25,000 | A portion of the roof was blown off a house on State Highway AA. There was extensive siding and shingle damage at the same residence. A carport was blown away. |
| June 2020 | Flash Flood | Miner | $10,000 | A couple of classrooms were flooded at a church in Miner. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miner | $4,000 | Trees were blown down across Highway 114 near Miner. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miner | $3,000 | A large tree fell on a house, damaging the front porch. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miner | - | Small trees were blown down by winds estimated near 60 MPH. |
| October 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miner | - | A couple of trees were blown down between Interstate 55 and U.S. 61. |
| April 2005 | Hail | Miner | - | 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 Miner | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q965995 | 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 731619. 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.






