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Orrick, Missouri

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Orrick Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64077. It stands on East Fork Rollins Creek. The Survey maps it on the Camden quadrangle. 753 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 722 feet above sea level.

Orrick within Ray County

Population over time

2 figures

Orrick fell from 837 to 753 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
2010837
2020753-84 (-10%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 21 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

14 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Orrick between 1992 and 2020, burning about 55 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Debris and open burning3
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
30 April 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
15 April 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation190461-04828-04152020-1420
13 April 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178716-04828-04132019-1705
8 March 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation190231-08923-03082020-2300
8 March 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined14 acresMissouri Department of Conservation190230-08923-03082020-1510
4 March 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation190228-08923-03042020-1730
3 February 2018Recreation and ceremony1.3 acresMissouri Department of Conservation165866-04828-02032018-1403
22 February 2020Railroad operations and maintenance3.3 acresMissouri Department of Conservation190065-08923-02222020-1420

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ray County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Orrick: 7 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Lauck QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Lillard QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Orrick Quarry and MilStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown-LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Werle QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Ray County

Storms near this place

18 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Orrick in 18 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 3 tornado, 3 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
March 2006Tornado (F1)Orrick$400,000F1 tornado crossed into Ray county from Jackson county at 0915 CST...2 miles west of Orrick. The tornado traveled east and lifted 2 miles southeast of Richmond. A gas station was destroyed in Orrick and the roof to the school was blown off..
May 1996Thunderstorm WindOrrick$7,000no account filed
March 2025Thunderstorm WindOrrick-Report of a semi blown over along MO-210 via social media relayed by law enforcement.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindOrrick-Sporadic tree and limb damage on the south side of Orrick.
June 2021FloodOrrick-Social media report of a gas station experiencing flooding along Highway 210 near Orrick.
June 2019FloodOrrick-Heavy spring rains caused ongoing flooding along the Missouri River to Continue through the month. Some locations along the Missouri River experienced major flooding at times during the month. Damage estimates from roads washed out and crop damage are unknown at this time.
May 2019FloodOrrick-Heavy spring rains caused ongoing flooding along the Missouri River to Continue through the month. Some locations along the Missouri River experienced major flooding at times during the month. Damage estimates from roads washed out and crop damage are unknown at this time.
October 2017Thunderstorm WindOrrick-Roof damage occurred to a residence near Orrick.
May 2015Tornado (EF2)Orrick-This is a continuation of the tornado that formed in northern Jackson County and moved in Ray County. Ahead of the advancing QLCS a supercell formed in Jackson County a supercell formed and produced a tornado just southwest of Sibley. This tornado crossed the Missouri River into Ray County and produced EF-2 damage, mainly to rural areas of the county. It did impact a mobile home and ripped its support straps out of the ground and wrapped it around a nearby tree. No one was occupying the residence at the time, so no injuries were reported. The tornado dissipated in rural Ray County, just northwest of Orrick.
May 2014Tornado (EF2)Orrick-This tornado is a continuation of the tornado that formed in Jackson County Missouri, just south of Sibley, Missouri and trekked eastward paralleling Highway 210 just north of the Missouri River. The tornado entered the city of Orrick, Missouri, causing widespread damage in the town with the worst damage rating the tornado an EF-2. The school in town was nearly destroyed, causing classes to come to an end for the remainder of the school year. The tornado continued east of town and dissipated just southwest of Henrietta, Missouri.
July 2010Flash FloodOrrick-Flash flooding was reported to have closed the road at 10th and Orrick.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindOrrick-Large tree blown down.
May 2016HailOrrick-no account filed
April 2015HailOrrick-no account filed
December 2008Thunderstorm WindOrrick-no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindOrrick-no account filed
May 2002Thunderstorm WindOrrick-no account filed
May 2001HailOrrick-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ray 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
Albany0.9 miles21
Floyd1.5 miles21
Fleming3.2 miles21
Camden Junction4.7 miles21
Camden5.4 miles21
Elkhorn6.7 miles17
Saint Cloud7.8 miles17
New Garden7.9 miles18

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 OrrickAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q967911The 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 723850. 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.