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Perry, Missouri

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Salt River Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63462. It stands on Mace Branch. The Survey maps it on the Perry quadrangle. 665 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 696 feet above sea level.

Perry within Ralls County

On record in Perry

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

Perry fell from 693 to 665 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
2010693
2020665-28 (-4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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

3 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Perry between 1996 and 1997, burning about 66 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
Equipment and vehicle use1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Debris and open burning1

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
21 March 1997Debris and open burning40 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
15 November 1996Equipment and vehicle use25 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
30 October 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ralls County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Perry: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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
Central Stone #9Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Ralls County

Storms near this place

34 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Perry in 34 storm reports between 1994 and 2021: 16 thunderstorm wind, 16 hail, 2 tornado. 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
June 1994Thunderstorm WindPerry$500The county sheriff reported large trees down three to four miles north of Perry on County Road J.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindPerry-Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous tree limbs around town.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindPerry-Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree onto Highway B south of Perry.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindPerry-Thunderstorm winds blew down trees across multiple roads in Ralls County, including near Ilasco.
March 2017Tornado (EF0)Perry-A local storm chaser documented multiple brief touchdowns of a very weak EF0 tornado along an almost seven mile path extending from one mile north of Perry, MO to one mile south of Landing, MO near Missouri Highway J. There was no visible damage observed from this tornado. The total amount of time that the funnel was in contact with the ground was estimated to be less than one minute.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindPerry-A line of severe storms moved through Ralls County. Numerous trees, tree limbs and power lines were blown down across the county, especially in Perry, Center and New London.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindPerry-Thunderstorm winds blew down several large trees and tree limbs, as well as several power lines.
April 2006Tornado (F2)Perry-The tornado formed around 425 pm CDT 1.5 miles north of Clarence Cannon Dam on County Highway J. Three businesses at this location sustained damage. A convenience store suffered minor exterior damage to shingles, siding, windows and trim. A pole barn suffered substantial roof damage from an airborne camper that was blown from an outdoor storage lot to the east. Damage from this building was scattered 200-300 feet. Four campers in the outdoor lot were damaged with two of these being completely destroyed. Two boats were also flipped over. A camper dealership was located directly across highway J. This building sustained extensive damage. An attached service bay to the south was completely leveled. The second story above the office was obliterated with only the west facing wall left standing. At least 30 campers sustained some type of damage. Eight to ten were completely destroyed. Some of the camper frames were found 150 to 200 feet north of their initial positions. Debris from this area was scattered over 1/4 mile away. Three 1x3 inch boards were found stuck in the dealerships hard packed gravel lot. There was also substantial tree damage. Cedar trees with a diameter of 12 to 15 inches were snapped off at ground level bordering the dealership lot. The tornado was 350 yards wide at this location and produced F2 damage. The tornado continued northeast for 1.3 miles and damaged a pole barn on Clinton Road. The pole barn suffered light roof and trim damage. Southwest of the pole barn, an isolated cedar tree 1.5 to 2 feet in diameter was snapped off 3 feet above the ground. The top portion of the tree was found 150 feet to the northeast. The tornado was 100 yards at this location and produced F1damage. The tornado continued 1.7 miles northeast passing through the Salt River Valley. On township road CC, there was a 2 foot square metal sign buried 4-6 inches into a tilled field. At this location, the tornado was 40 yards wide and produced F0 damage. The tornado dissipated just northeast of this location.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindPerry-The County Sheriff reported large tree limbs and power lines down.
November 2005HailPerry-The County Sheriff reported nickel size hail.
May 2003HailPerry-Storm spotters reported 1 inch hail.
February 2000Thunderstorm WindPerry-Thunderstorm wind gusts caused damage in Perry. Trees and power lines were downed and some utility poles broken. Some storage sheds at homes were destroyed and a trailer at a construction site was destroyed.
April 2000HailPerry-Storm spotters reported 3/4 inch hail.
May 2000HailPerry-Storm spotters reported 1 1/4 inch hail.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindPerry-The County Sheriff reported a couple of large trees down.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindPerry-Amateur radio spotters reported trees down.
May 1997Thunderstorm WindPerry-County sheriff reported power lines down in the southern part of the county.
April 1995HailPerry-Hail reached golf ball-size hail but no damage was reported by the local police department or the Missouri Highway Patrol. The hail fell for several minutes.
June 2018HailPerry-no account filed
April 2011HailPerry-no account filed
May 2011HailPerry-no account filed
May 2011HailPerry-no account filed
May 2011HailPerry-no account filed
April 2010HailPerry-no account filed
June 2009Thunderstorm WindPerry-no account filed
March 2006Thunderstorm WindPerry-no account filed
March 2006HailPerry-no account filed
March 2006HailPerry-no account filed
March 2006HailPerry-no account filed
June 2002HailPerry-no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindPerry-no account filed
November 1998Thunderstorm WindPerry-no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindPerry-no account filed
May 1995HailPerry-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ralls 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
Greenlawn3.3 miles17
West Hartford4.0 miles16
Hutchison6.1 miles16
Shaver Ford6.3 miles12
Joanna7.6 miles12
The Landing9.2 miles12
Center9.4 miles12
Madisonville9.6 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 PerryAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q953829The 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 724232. 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.