Oronogo, Missouri
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Mineral Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64855. It stands on Bens Branch. The Survey maps it on the Webb City quadrangle. 2,558 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 919 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresOronogo grew from 2,381 to 2,558 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 | 2,381 | |
| 2020 | 2,558 | +177 (+7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1886 USGS Carthage quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Carthage quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Webb City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
19 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Oronogo between 1993 and 2020, burning about 120 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 20 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 230707-04955-09202020-1920 |
| 30 June 2018 | Fireworks | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177195-04955-06302018-2059 |
| 8 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.5 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190403-04955-04082020-1515 |
| 8 March 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 March 1994 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 March 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 13 March 1994 | Debris and open burning | 71 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 455 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 455 workings within 5 miles of Oronogo: 452 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Lead, Zinc, Zinc, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sucker Flats Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Webb City Chat Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Fenix Mine | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | 1855, 1910 | |
| Unknown - Zn/Pb | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Carthage Consolidated Quarry Co. | 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 | ||
| Aylor Lease N.E. Joplin | Zinc | Past Producer | 1898, 1900 |
Storms near this place
33 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oronogo in 33 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 14 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 3 flood, 2 flash 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 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oronogo | $10,000 | A power pole was broken by high winds. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oronogo | $10,000 | Several trees were blown onto powerlines and County Road 215 was blocked. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oronogo | $10,000 | There was minor siding damage to a couple homes and a couple trees were blown down. |
| March 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oronogo | $5,000 | Several power lines were blown down along Highway 43 east of Carl Junction. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oronogo | - | High winds of 59 mph were measured by a home weather station. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oronogo | - | A tree was reported down and laying on a city street. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Oronogo | - | Quarter sized hail was reported. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oronogo | - | Winds were estimated at 60 mph. |
| June 2021 | Flash Flood | Oronogo | - | Highway D was closed at Center Creek due to flooding. |
| March 2021 | Hail | Oronogo | - | Penny sized hail was reported. |
| March 2021 | Hail | Oronogo | - | Penny sized hail was reported. |
| May 2019 | Flood | Oronogo | - | Deputies advised that several roads were impassable north of Oronogo. |
| May 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Oronogo | - | A National Weather Service storm survey determined that an EF-0 tornado with maximum winds of 81 mph traveled along an 8 mile path. This was the third in a series of tornadoes from a supercell. This tornado touched down on the north side of Oronogo, Missouri near the intersection of County Road 225 and Highway 96 and caused an intermittent path of varying tree damage northeastward before lifting near the intersection of County Road 160 and Nutmeg Lane. There was no apparent damage to structures. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oronogo | - | A large tree was reported down across the road blocking traffic. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oronogo | - | A tree was blown down across County Road 220 and Highway D. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Oronogo | - | Quarter size hail was reported on social media. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oronogo | - | A tree was blown down at 4th Street and Ivy Road in Oronogo. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oronogo | - | A tree was reported blown down and blocked a roadway in Oronogo. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oronogo | - | A tree was down across a roadway. |
| March 2010 | Flood | Oronogo | - | Highway O was closed just south of the intersection of Highway D and Highway 96. |
| March 2010 | Flood | Oronogo | - | Highway O was closed just south of the intersection of Highway D and Highway 96. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oronogo | - | Trained spotters estimated 60 mph wind gusts. |
| November 2004 | Flash Flood | Oronogo | - | Heavy rains caused flooding over the intersection of Highway O and 96 near the community of Oronogo. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Oronogo | - | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Hail | Oronogo | - | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Hail | Oronogo | - | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Hail | Oronogo | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Oronogo | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Oronogo | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Oronogo | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Oronogo | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Oronogo | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Oronogo | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Webb City | 2.9 miles | 17 | |
| Carterville | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Lakeside | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| Airport Drive | 3.8 miles | 18 | |
| Gulfton | 4.0 miles | 18 | |
| Purcell | 4.2 miles | 17 | |
| Alba | 4.4 miles | 17 | |
| Brooklyn Heights | 4.7 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 Oronogo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q953778 | 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 729941. 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.









