Morrison, Missouri
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Richland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65061. It stands on Shobes Branch. The Survey maps it on the Morrison quadrangle. 93 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 531 feet above sea level.
On record in Morrison
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 1 record
- Shobe-Morrison Houselisted 1983
Population over time
2 figuresMorrison fell from 139 to 93 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 | 139 | |
| 2020 | 93 | -46 (-33%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 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.
- 1890 USGS Chamois quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1890 USGS Fulton quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1935 USGS Morrison quadrangle1:48000
- 1942 USGS Morrison quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Morrison quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Morrison quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Fulton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Morrison in 2018, burning about 692 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.7 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177030-03733-03042018-1535 |
| 4 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 686 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177029-03733-03042018-1837 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 23 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Morrison: 20 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ruprecht Quarry Company | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| St. Louis Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Zumsteg Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Zumsteg Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown |
Storms near this place
10 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Morrison in 10 storm reports between 1994 and 2021: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 hail, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morrison | $50,000 | Numerous trees were blown down and large branches snapped. The winds also damaged several mobile homes, sheds, and roofs. The damage was most concentated in a two mile wide path in the north half of the county from the Gasconade River to Swiss. At the intersection of Old Iron Road and Highway 19, strong winds ripped part of the roof off a house. A school building at the east end of County Road NN also lost part of its roof. Three unanchored mobile homes on County Road NN at the north edge of Swiss were blown into each other. Elsewhere in the county strong winds tore away part of the roof off several sheds in Morrison and bent television antennas. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morrison | $15,000 | Widespread wind damage between Morrison and Gasconade. A number of trees were blown down onto Highway 100. |
| June 2013 | Flood | Morrison | $1,000 | no account filed |
| December 2015 | Flash Flood | Morrison | - | Between 5 and 6 inches of rain fell causing flash flooding. Numerous roads were flooded including U.S. Highway 50 near Mt. Sterling and Route A in multiple areas between Routes Y and D. Also, Routes W and K were closed due to flash flooding from Second Creek. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Morrison | - | Up to 3 inches of rain fell onto already saturated soils causing flash flooding. Numerous roads were flooded through out the county. |
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | Morrison | - | Up to five inches of rain fell in a short amount of time on already saturated soils causing flash flooding. Several roads were flooded including Stollmeyer Road. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Morrison | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Flood | Morrison | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Morrison | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morrison | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stolpe | 3.0 miles | 21 | |
| Gasconade | 4.0 miles | 21 | |
| Fredericksburg | 4.5 miles | 21 | |
| Pershing | 6.7 miles | 21 | |
| Feigler Ferry | 7.6 miles | 21 | |
| Brown Shanty | 9.0 miles | 21 | |
| Hermann | 10.8 miles | 22 | |
| Swiss | 11.6 miles | 21 |
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 Morrison | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q953635 | 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 722653. 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.











