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Norwood, Missouri

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Clark Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65717. The Survey maps it on the Norwood quadrangle. 578 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,490 feet above sea level.

Norwood within Wright County

Population over time

2 figures

Norwood fell from 665 to 578 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
2010665
2020578-87 (-13%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

46 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Norwood between 1992 and 2016, burning about 500 acres in total. None 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 burning31
Equipment and vehicle use6
Arson/incendiarism4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
9 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 August 1997Equipment and vehicle use14 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
3 August 1996Debris and open burning8.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
26 August 1997Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
23 August 1996Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 August 1997Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
31 July 1997Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
20 July 1994Equipment and vehicle use25 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wright County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Norwood: 2 producers, 1 prospect, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sulfur-Pyrite. 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
Hinote ProspectSulfur-PyriteProspect
Macomb QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mt Grove QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Thompson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Wright County

Storms near this place

42 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Norwood in 42 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 17 hail, 15 thunderstorm wind, 7 flash flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2015Flash FloodNorwood$1,000,000Mobile homes and residences had water up to the structures and with some flooded foundations. One mobile home lost the propane tank when it floated away. One home had the basement flooded. This storm report will contain the overall flood damage estimates across Wright County for this storm event. There were several episodes and heavy rainfall events which led to a compound affect to the flooding damage. Numerous roads, bridges, and low water crossings were heavily damaged.
April 2026HailNorwood$400,000Golf ball sized hail was reported in downtown. Several vehicles, homes and businesses suffered minor damage.
August 2013Flash FloodNorwood$140,000This storm report will include the total estimated damage for the flooding event. Several low water crossings and roadways were damaged due to flood waters. Highway C south of Norwood was impassable due to flood waters.
April 2001HailNorwood$100,000no account filed
April 2019Tornado (EF1)Norwood$60,000A National Weather Service storm survey revealed that an EF-1 tornado produced a concentrated convergent damage path in rural sections of southern Wright County. The tornado destroyed three outbuildings on the Wright County Commisioner's property, and snapped hardwood trees at the base of the trunk. Wind speeds were estimated at 105 mph.
April 2011HailNorwood$50,000Baseball size hail damaged cars and stripped leaves from trees in the city limits.
April 2011HailNorwood$25,000Hail nearly covered the ground and stripped leaves from trees.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindNorwood$10,000The Wright County Sheriff reported damage to a barn, several downed trees, and a home due to a fallen tree near the intersection of Art Kelly Road and Highway C.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindNorwood$5,000no account filed
July 2012Thunderstorm WindNorwood$1,000An empty tractor trailer was blown over and dime sized hail was reported.
March 2012Thunderstorm WindNorwood$1,000Amateur radio reported a power line down along Highway PP.
October 2010Thunderstorm WindNorwood$1,000A small shed was blown across the road.
May 2024HailNorwood-Report of quarter size hail.
June 2024FloodNorwood-State highway E, just north of Norwood was closed due to flooding.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindNorwood-Several large limbs were downed and a few trees were uprooted in town. No property damage was reported.
September 2022Thunderstorm WindNorwood-A few large limbs were reported down along a rural county road.
January 2020Flash FloodNorwood-Excessive rain caused flooding on Highway E at a low water location closing the road.
April 2019Flash FloodNorwood-Numerous reports of street flooding were received in the Norwood area. Flooding continued into the very early hours of May 1st.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindNorwood-The Wright county Sheriff reported a large tree down in Norwood.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindNorwood-The Norwood Fire Department reported several trees were blown down.
December 2018Thunderstorm WindNorwood-Winds were estimated in excess of 60 mph in Norwood.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindNorwood-Strong thunderstorm winds blew some shingles off of a rooftop.
April 2017Flash FloodNorwood-There were at least six mobile homes with water up to the base of the structure.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindNorwood-Several large tree limbs were blown down on Highway Y north of Highway 60.
July 2015Flash FloodNorwood-Water was over Highway C near Norwood.
January 2013FloodNorwood-Water was reported over C Highway.
April 2013HailNorwood-Quarter size hail was reported near Macomb or just west of Norwood.
March 2011Flash FloodNorwood-Amateur radio reported two to three feet of water on the east side of Norwood which flooded a trailer park.
June 2011HailNorwood-no account filed
April 2011HailNorwood-no account filed
April 2010HailNorwood-no account filed
May 2008Thunderstorm WindNorwood-no account filed
March 2006HailNorwood-no account filed
March 2006HailNorwood-no account filed
March 2006HailNorwood-no account filed
April 2006HailNorwood-no account filed
September 2006HailNorwood-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindNorwood-no account filed
May 2003HailNorwood-no account filed
June 2003HailNorwood-no account filed
October 1996HailNorwood-no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindNorwood-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wright 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
Macomb4.2 miles13
Hawley (historical)5.5 miles12
Crossroads Store5.7 miles13
Duggan5.9 miles13
Owens7.7 miles13
Mountain Grove8.2 miles12
Mansfield8.8 miles13
Antler (historical)9.9 miles12

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 NorwoodAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q968077The 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 723525. 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.