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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.

Morrisville within Polk County

Population over time

2 figures

Morrisville 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.

YearPeople Change
2010388
2020376-12 (-3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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

43 since 1992

Regional 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 burning23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Arson/incendiarism3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1

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
7 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burning10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
18 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
23 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined772 acresMissouri Department of ConservationFANCY FENCE
16 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177176-08407-06162018-1205
4 April 2006Arson/incendiarism40 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
4 April 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined85 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
28 April 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation176809-08407-04282018-1102

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown - ClayClayPast Producer
Unknown - LimestoneStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Wishart QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Polk County

Storms near this place

45 since 1994

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2026HailMorrisville$100,000Hail to the size of golf balls was reported with only minor damage to a few vehicles and roofs of homes.
May 2011HailMorrisville$50,000no account filed
April 2002HailMorrisville$25,000no account filed
February 2012Thunderstorm WindMorrisville$15,000A 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 2012Thunderstorm WindMorrisville$10,000Numerous trees were down and several roofs were blown off barns.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindMorrisville$10,000Several trees and power lines were reported down along with minor damage to buildings.
May 2011HailMorrisville$10,000no account filed
September 2025Thunderstorm WindMorrisville$9,000Thunderstorm winds downed large tree limbs and took shingles off a building.
April 2004Thunderstorm WindMorrisville$5,000A tree was blown on top of a house from severe thunderstorm wind gusts.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindMorrisville$5,000Skywarn spotters reported trees blown down.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindMorrisville$3,000A trailer home was pushed of its block foundation and damaged in several places.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindMorrisville$2,000Numerous trees were reported down and siding was blown off at a home.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindMorrisville$500Tree limbs were down at a home in Morrisville.
May 2024HailMorrisville-Report of quarter size hail in Morrisville.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindMorrisville-A few large limbs were reported down.
May 2021HailMorrisville-Quarter size hail was reported.
May 2020HailMorrisville-Quarter sized hail and 1.90 inches of rain fell in a 25 minute span.
May 2019Heavy RainMorrisville-The COOP observer measured a 24 hour rainfall total of 2.90 inches.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindMorrisville-Several large tree limbs were blown down into power lines.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindMorrisville-A second round of damaging wind gusts estimated at 60 mph occured at the COOP observer residence.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindMorrisville-The local fire department at Morrisville reported multiple trees blown down.
December 2015Heavy RainMorrisville-There was a report 4.90 inches of rainfall in 24 hours.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindMorrisville-Several limbs were reported down.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindMorrisville-Law enforcement estimated the winds.
October 2007Thunderstorm WindMorrisville-Several limbs and a large tree was blown down.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindMorrisville-Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed trees one mile east of Morrisville.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindMorrisville-Thunderstorm wind gusts caused tree damage.
May 2014HailMorrisville-no account filed
September 2012HailMorrisville-no account filed
May 2010HailMorrisville-no account filed
June 2007Thunderstorm WindMorrisville-no account filed
March 2006HailMorrisville-no account filed
January 2005HailMorrisville-no account filed
June 2005HailMorrisville-no account filed
November 2005HailMorrisville-no account filed
September 2005HailMorrisville-no account filed
June 2004HailMorrisville-no account filed
May 2004HailMorrisville-no account filed
August 2003Thunderstorm WindMorrisville-no account filed
May 2003Tornado (F0)Morrisville-no account filed
May 2003HailMorrisville-no account filed
May 2002HailMorrisville-no account filed
April 2002HailMorrisville-no account filed
May 2001HailMorrisville-no account filed
November 1995HailMorrisville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Polk 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
West Bend2.4 miles17
Wishart2.6 miles17
Gresham (historical)4.1 miles17
Cedar Vista4.3 miles16
Slagle4.5 miles17
Brighton4.5 miles17
Graydon Springs4.7 miles16
Karlin5.1 miles17

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 MorrisvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q964140The 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.