Morrisville, Missouri
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1884 and the latest in 1982. It stands in West Looney Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65710. The Survey maps it on the Morrisville quadrangle. 376 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,165 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresMorrisville fell from 388 to 376 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 | 388 | |
| 2020 | 376 | -12 (-3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 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.
- 1884 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:125000
- 1886 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Morrisville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
43 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Morrisville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,315 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 18 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 23 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 772 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | FANCY FENCE |
| 16 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177176-08407-06162018-1205 |
| 4 April 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 4 April 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 85 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 28 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176809-08407-04282018-1102 |
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 Morrisville: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Clay | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Limestone | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Wishart Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
45 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Morrisville in 45 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 22 hail, 20 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 1 tornado. 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 2026 | Hail | Morrisville | $100,000 | Hail to the size of golf balls was reported with only minor damage to a few vehicles and roofs of homes. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Morrisville | $50,000 | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Morrisville | $25,000 | no account filed |
| February 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morrisville | $15,000 | A barn was destroyed along Highway 215 on the east side of Morrisville. A house sustained partial roof damage and debris was blown into trees. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morrisville | $10,000 | Numerous trees were down and several roofs were blown off barns. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morrisville | $10,000 | Several trees and power lines were reported down along with minor damage to buildings. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Morrisville | $10,000 | no account filed |
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morrisville | $9,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed large tree limbs and took shingles off a building. |
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morrisville | $5,000 | A tree was blown on top of a house from severe thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morrisville | $5,000 | Skywarn spotters reported trees blown down. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morrisville | $3,000 | A trailer home was pushed of its block foundation and damaged in several places. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morrisville | $2,000 | Numerous trees were reported down and siding was blown off at a home. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morrisville | $500 | Tree limbs were down at a home in Morrisville. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Morrisville | - | Report of quarter size hail in Morrisville. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morrisville | - | A few large limbs were reported down. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Morrisville | - | Quarter size hail was reported. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Morrisville | - | Quarter sized hail and 1.90 inches of rain fell in a 25 minute span. |
| May 2019 | Heavy Rain | Morrisville | - | The COOP observer measured a 24 hour rainfall total of 2.90 inches. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morrisville | - | Several large tree limbs were blown down into power lines. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morrisville | - | A second round of damaging wind gusts estimated at 60 mph occured at the COOP observer residence. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morrisville | - | The local fire department at Morrisville reported multiple trees blown down. |
| December 2015 | Heavy Rain | Morrisville | - | There was a report 4.90 inches of rainfall in 24 hours. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morrisville | - | Several limbs were reported down. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morrisville | - | Law enforcement estimated the winds. |
| October 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morrisville | - | Several limbs and a large tree was blown down. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morrisville | - | Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed trees one mile east of Morrisville. |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morrisville | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts caused tree damage. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Morrisville | - | no account filed |
| September 2012 | Hail | Morrisville | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Morrisville | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morrisville | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Morrisville | - | no account filed |
| January 2005 | Hail | Morrisville | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Morrisville | - | no account filed |
| November 2005 | Hail | Morrisville | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Morrisville | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Morrisville | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Morrisville | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morrisville | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Morrisville | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Morrisville | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Morrisville | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Morrisville | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Morrisville | - | no account filed |
| November 1995 | Hail | Morrisville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Bend | 2.4 miles | 17 | |
| Wishart | 2.6 miles | 17 | |
| Gresham (historical) | 4.1 miles | 17 | |
| Cedar Vista | 4.3 miles | 16 | |
| Slagle | 4.5 miles | 17 | |
| Brighton | 4.5 miles | 17 | |
| Graydon Springs | 4.7 miles | 16 | |
| Karlin | 5.1 miles | 17 |
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 Morrisville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q964140 | 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 735730. 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.






