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Mound City, Missouri

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Benton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64470. The Survey maps it on the Mound City quadrangle. 1,004 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 889 feet above sea level.

Mound City within Holt County

On record in Mound City

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

Population over time

2 figures

Mound City fell from 1,159 to 1,004 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
20101,159
20201,004-155 (-13%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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.

In the county-history sources

8,290 words on this township

History of Holt County, Missouri : from the Time of the Platte Purchase to the End of the Year 1916 : Preceded by a Short History of Missouri : Supplemented by Biographical Sketches of Prominent Citizens, published 1917 names this settlement in its chapter on Benton Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

Among other early settlers of the township were Jacob Mosher, who came in 1842, and died thirty years after. Andrew McCoy, from Ohio, and Washam came in 1848. Andrew Meyer, long a representative citizen of the township, came in 1843. William Gady, in the same year, made a claim adjoining the site of Mound City, but subsequently abandoned it. Henry Swimiller came in 1846.

Passage source: History of Holt County, Missouri : from the Time of the Platte Purchase to the End of the Year 1916 : Preceded by a Short History of Missouri : Supplemented by Biographical Sketches of Prominent Citizens, published 1917.

Among the noted settlers of Benton Township, was Levi Dodge, for many years a prominent citizen of the town of Mound City. Mr. Dodge, who was a native of the State of Maine, moved thence to Ohio, in an early day, thence to Clinton County, Missouri. When he came to Holt County he settled on section 26, township 62, range 39, a farm later owned by John Shrantz.

Passage source: History of Holt County, Missouri : from the Time of the Platte Purchase to the End of the Year 1916 : Preceded by a Short History of Missouri : Supplemented by Biographical Sketches of Prominent Citizens, published 1917.

The first postoffice established within the limits of what is now Benton Township was located here and called Jackson's Point Post Office. This was in a very early day (about 1844). A. P. Jackson was the first postmaster. In 1855 this post office was moved across Davis Creek, to the single store which then stood on the site of what is now Mound City. This was kept by a man by the name of Galen Crow, and the name of the post office was changed to North Point.

Passage source: History of Holt County, Missouri : from the Time of the Platte Purchase to the End of the Year 1916 : Preceded by a Short History of Missouri : Supplemented by Biographical Sketches of Prominent Citizens, published 1917.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Benton Township - it names this place 51 more 51 times.

Fires near this place

22 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Mound City between 1995 and 2018, burning about 1,656 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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 burning8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Arson/incendiarism4
Smoking3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Natural1

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
13 August 2006Natural76 acresSquaw Creek National Wildlife RefugeNORTH WET MEADOW FIRE
19 June 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSquaw Creek National Wildlife RefugeRODEO GROUNDS
7 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined46 acresSquaw Creek National Wildlife RefugeBIGELOW
28 April 2004Smokingunder an acreSquaw Creek National Wildlife RefugeNORTH WOODS TOUR ROUTE
2 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSquaw Creek National Wildlife RefugeWILSON
15 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSquaw Creek National Wildlife RefugePENDIGON CLUB
12 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresSquaw Creek National Wildlife RefugeLEACH
12 April 2000Smoking1.0 acresSquaw Creek National Wildlife RefugeTHREAT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Holt County

Storms near this place

49 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mound City in 49 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 23 hail, 18 thunderstorm wind, 6 flash flood, 1 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
July 1997Thunderstorm WindMound City$250,000Mound City Police reported 2 semi-tractor trailers blown off the road just off an Interstate 29 exit. The were also several reports of large trees and power lines blown over and the roof torn off a shed in Mound City. Mound City police estimated the damage path to be a mile wide through town.
June 1994HailMound City$50,000Golf ball-size hail broke windows, damaged roofs, and dented automobiles in Mound City, Fortesque, and Big Lake. Hail damage to crops nearly $500,000 alone.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindMound City$10,000Several power lines were reported down in Mound City as a result of strong winds.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindMound City$4,000Severe thunderstorm winds blew down trees and a grain trailer.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindMound City$3,000Severe thunderstorms produced wind gusts to 65 mph north of Mound City, knocking down trees. In Mound City trees fell on power and telephone poles, interrupting service.
March 2006Thunderstorm WindMound City$2,000Power lines and trees down. Sheds damaged.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindMound City$2,000Severe thunderstorms produced wind gusts to 65 mph north of Mound City, knocking down trees. In Mound City trees fell on power and telephone poles, interrupting service.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindMound City-Estimated gusts up to 60 mph in Mound City.
April 2023HailMound City-Quarter sized hail fell in Mound City.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindMound City-Estimated 60 mph wind gusts in Mound City.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindMound City-Dispatch reported a large tree down in Mound City.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindMound City-A large tree was down in Mound City, which caused a street to be closed.
June 2019Tornado (EF0)Mound City-After a report of a tornado was received by the office investigation using online news and inquiries to local business helped identify the path of this brief and weak tornado through portions of Mound City. Little to no damage occurred outside of several tree limbs and light objects.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindMound City-Sheriff deputy in Mound City reported power lines down.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindMound City-Tractor trailer rig overturned on I-29 near Mound City from thunderstorm winds.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindMound City-A tree was reported down in Mound City. The size and condition of the tree is unknown.
August 2015Flash FloodMound City-There was 6 inches of water running over Highway 59 near Davis Creek.
August 2015Flash FloodMound City-Local sheriff estimated 8 inches of water over Route E and US Highway 59.
June 2015Flash FloodMound City-Route N was closed in both directions due to flooding. Interstate 29 also was briefly closed in Holt County due to flooding.
June 2015FloodMound City-North and south bound lanes of interstate 29 were closed near Highway 59 due to flooding from Squaw Creek.
September 2014Flash FloodMound City-Interstate 29 between mile marker 86 and 88 had water running over it from Squaw Creek.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindMound City-A tree was reported down with thunderstorm wind gusts estimated up to 60 mph.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindMound City-A two to three foot in diameter tree, was blown down in town.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindMound City-Six inch tree limbs covering Highway 59.
May 2004Flash FloodMound City-Heavy rains have caused water covered roads.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindMound City-Trees reported down.
June 1997Flash FloodMound City-Water covered roadways a mile north of Mound City. The Holt County Sheriff's office reported that mud had to be cleared from the several roads. One to two inches of rain fell during the thunderstorms that caused the flooding.
March 2020HailMound City-no account filed
March 2020HailMound City-no account filed
April 2016HailMound City-no account filed
May 2016HailMound City-no account filed
May 2016HailMound City-no account filed
April 2013HailMound City-no account filed
March 2009HailMound City-no account filed
June 2009HailMound City-no account filed
June 2008HailMound City-no account filed
May 2006HailMound City-no account filed
May 2005HailMound City-no account filed
June 2005HailMound City-no account filed
May 2004HailMound City-no account filed
May 2004HailMound City-no account filed
August 2004HailMound City-no account filed
May 2002Thunderstorm WindMound City-no account filed
May 2002HailMound City-no account filed
June 2002HailMound City-no account filed
May 2001HailMound City-no account filed
February 2000HailMound City-no account filed
May 1995HailMound City-no account filed
September 1993HailMound City-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Holt 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
Bigelow3.4 miles13
Napier5.8 miles13
Fortescue7.1 miles13
Big Lake7.1 miles13
Campbell Corner7.5 miles11
Craig8.6 miles13
Maitland9.6 miles11
New Point9.6 miles11

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 Mound CityAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q964543The 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 730155. 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.