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Osceola, Missouri

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Osceola Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64776. It lies near Lilleys Island. The Survey maps it on the Osceola quadrangle. 909 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 751 feet above sea level.

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Osceola within St. Clair County

On record in Osceola

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

Osceola fell from 947 to 909 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
2010947
2020909-38 (-4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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

55 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Osceola between 1992 and 2018, burning about 2,966 acres in total. None 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 burning24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Arson/incendiarism10
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
28 September 1999Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
18 September 2000Debris and open burning15 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 May 2014Recreation and ceremony10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
13 May 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined106 acresMissouri Department of ConservationLICHEN GLADE
5 April 1992Debris and open burning20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 April 1992Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 April 2002Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Clair County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Osceola: 9 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Barium-Barite. 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
Crystal MineBarium-BaritePast Producer
Krifer Brothers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Krifer Brothers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Geo. Baker QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Halliwell Cement Co. QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in St. Clair County

Storms near this place

56 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Osceola in 56 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 24 hail, 22 thunderstorm wind, 7 flash flood, 2 heavy rain. The reports record 2 deaths. 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 2001Flash FloodOsceola2 killedno account filed
May 2020Thunderstorm WindOsceola$40,000Power lines were downed causing power outages in Osceola and Lowery City.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindOsceola$20,000Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed power poles and numerous trees across much of the county.
June 2001LightningOsceola$10,000no account filed
June 2024Thunderstorm WindOsceola$8,000Several uprooted trees were reported in and around Osceola.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindOsceola$5,000Several large trees were snapped and power lines were downed half a mile north of the downtown square.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindOsceola$5,000no account filed
May 2025Thunderstorm WindOsceola$4,000A garage had significant damage due to a large tree that fell on it.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindOsceola$2,000There were medium size tree limbs blown down along with several power lines down in Osceola.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindOsceola$2,000Severe thunderstorms produced damaging winds in and north of Osceola, with several trees downed. Gusts to 60 mph were reported north of town.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindOsceola$1,000A tree with a base of 10-12 inches in diameter fell across Humansville Rd. in Osceola.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindOsceola$1,000Severe thunderstorm winds blew down a billboard in Osceola.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindOsceola$1,000Strong winds associated with severe thunderstorms downed a large tree in Osceola, destroyed a mobile home 2 miles south of Collins along state Route 13, and caused damage to another mobile home and 5 barns from south of Collins to 3 miles northeast of Collins near U.S. Route 54.
June 2025HailOsceola-Hail just larger than quarter size occurred in Osceola.
August 2025Heavy RainOsceola-Report of 3.00 inches of storm-total rainfall.
July 2023HailOsceola-Hail up to quarters in size was reported.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindOsceola-Several trees and large limbs were reported down.
July 2020Flash FloodOsceola-County Road 175 at Highway B was closed due to high water on Turkey Creek at the low water crossing.
July 2019Heavy RainOsceola-A 24 hour rainfall of 4.50 inches was measured.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindOsceola-A trained spotter estimated wind gusts up to 60 mph.
January 2013Thunderstorm WindOsceola-A trained weather spotter reported a 65 mph wind gust.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindOsceola-Thunderstorm winds downed numerous limbs.
March 2009Flash FloodOsceola-Heavy rain caused several low water crossings to become flooded and impassable to motorists.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindOsceola-Thunderstorm wind gusts downed a tree along Highway WW.
April 2009Flash FloodOsceola-Heavy rain caused six low water crossings across the county to become flooded.
June 2007Flash FloodOsceola-Excessive rain caused several low water crossing across the county to become flooded and impassable to motorists.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindOsceola-Severe thunderstorms produced damaging winds in and north of Osceola, with several trees downed. Gusts to 60 mph were reported north of town.
February 2017HailOsceola-no account filed
April 2014HailOsceola-no account filed
April 2012HailOsceola-no account filed
May 2011HailOsceola-no account filed
May 2011HailOsceola-no account filed
February 2008HailOsceola-no account filed
March 2006Thunderstorm WindOsceola-no account filed
January 2005Flash FloodOsceola-no account filed
June 2005HailOsceola-no account filed
May 2004HailOsceola-no account filed
April 2003HailOsceola-no account filed
June 2003HailOsceola-no account filed
June 2003HailOsceola-no account filed
May 2003HailOsceola-no account filed
May 2003HailOsceola-no account filed
May 2003HailOsceola-no account filed
May 2003Thunderstorm WindOsceola-no account filed
May 2001HailOsceola-no account filed
September 2001Thunderstorm WindOsceola-no account filed
March 2000HailOsceola-no account filed
April 2000Thunderstorm WindOsceola-no account filed
September 2000HailOsceola-no account filed
May 1999Thunderstorm WindOsceola-no account filed
June 1998HailOsceola-no account filed
July 1997HailOsceola-no account filed
May 1997HailOsceola-no account filed
April 1997HailOsceola-no account filed
September 1996Flash FloodOsceola-no account filed
October 1995HailOsceola-no account filed

Every storm recorded in St. Clair 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
Vista4.6 miles17
Tracy5.3 miles17
Corbin (historical)5.9 miles20
Chalk Level6.4 miles20
Lowry City6.5 miles20
Raney6.7 miles17
Osage Heights7.1 miles16
Topper7.2 miles17

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 OsceolaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q958985The 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 756486. 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.