Osage Beach, Missouri
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Pawhuska Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65065. It lies near Pogue Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Bagnell quadrangle. 4,637 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 860 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresOsage Beach grew from 4,351 to 4,637 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 | 4,351 | |
| 2020 | 4,637 | +286 (+7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 22 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.
- 1888 USGS Versailles quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Versailles quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1932 USGS Versailles No 4 quadrangle1:48000
- 1934 USGS Bagnell quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Bagnell quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Bagnell quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Bagnell quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Lake Of The Ozarks quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
73 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Osage Beach between 1992 and 2020, burning about 902 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 10 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 burning | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 24 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178207-01509-08242018-1853 |
| 23 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178206-01509-08232018-2020 |
| 5 July 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 25 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178204-01509-07252018-0930 |
| 20 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178066-01509-07202018-2030 |
| 19 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179021-01509-07192019-1606 |
| 12 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179433-06633-07122019-0815 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Osage Beach: 15 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Barium-Barite, Lead, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long + Ricketts Diggings | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Bilyen Bank | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Toler Bank | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Hopkins Mine Number Five | Barium-Barite, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Hunter Diggings | Barium-Barite, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Ozark Sand Co. Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead-Barite | Barium-Barite, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown-S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown-S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bear Creek Mines | Barium-Barite | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
32 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Osage Beach in 32 storm reports between 1994 and 2012: 18 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osage Beach | 1 hurt, $10,000 | Severe thunderstorm wind gusts blew a billboard into a car that resulted in minor injury. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osage Beach | $50,000 | Large hail was reported at the Tan Tara Resort. Strong thunderstorm winds also tore loose two gas pumps at the Blue Harbor Marina spilling gas into the main channel of the Lake of the Ozarks. Wind gusts also ripped part of a roof off a house. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osage Beach | $10,000 | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osage Beach | $5,000 | Strong winds downed numerous trees and damaged the roofs on several wooden buildings. Damage was most concentrated three miles southeast of Sunrise Beach where a downburst toppled and uprooted 10 large oak trees. |
| March 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osage Beach | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Osage Beach | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osage Beach | $1,000 | A tree was downed on the Miller and Camden county line. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osage Beach | - | Several trees were down on power lines. |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osage Beach | - | A few trees were downed from severe thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osage Beach | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts downed a few trees near Lake of the Ozarks. |
| March 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osage Beach | - | Thunderstorm winds downed large tree limbs and blew small signs down. |
| September 2012 | Hail | Osage Beach | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osage Beach | - | no account filed |
| January 2005 | Hail | Osage Beach | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Osage Beach | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Osage Beach | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Osage Beach | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Osage Beach | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Osage Beach | - | no account filed |
| March 2003 | Hail | Osage Beach | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Osage Beach | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Osage Beach | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Osage Beach | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Osage Beach | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Osage Beach | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Osage Beach | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osage Beach | - | no account filed |
| February 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osage Beach | - | no account filed |
| December 1999 | Hail | Osage Beach | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Osage Beach | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Flash Flood | Osage Beach | - | no account filed |
| October 1995 | Hail | Osage Beach | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laguna Beach | 2.3 miles | 25 | |
| Damsel | 4.7 miles | 22 | |
| Passover | 4.9 miles | 22 | |
| Four Seasons | 5.9 miles | 25 | |
| Freedom | 8.0 miles | 22 | |
| Old Linn Creek | 8.3 miles | 22 | |
| Green Bay Terrace | 8.6 miles | 22 | |
| Sunrise Beach | 9.0 miles | 22 |
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 Osage Beach | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q958606 | 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 729792. 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.












