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Platte Woods, Missouri

40 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Fox Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64151. The Survey maps it on the Parkville quadrangle. 394 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,020 feet above sea level.

Platte Woods within Platte County

Population over time

2 figures

Platte Woods grew from 385 to 394 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
2010385
2020394+9 (+2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 40 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

28 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Platte Woods between 2007 and 2019, burning about 8 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2
Natural1

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 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
3 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
28 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
8 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
7 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
21 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
14 August 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
13 August 2007Smokingunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Platte County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Platte Woods: 22 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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
Unknown ClayClayPast Producer
Unknown ClayClayPast Producer
Daniel QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Drennon QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Green Hills QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Parkville Special Road Dist QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Riley QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Platte County

Storms near this place

29 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Platte Woods in 29 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 14 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 4 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2011Thunderstorm WindPlatte Woods$3,000Power poles and trees were reported down. Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindPlatte Woods-Estimated peak gusts of 65 mph in Platte Woods near Zona Rosa.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindPlatte Woods-Tree fell on top of a house in Platte Woods.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindPlatte Woods-Downed trees and wires near North Shore Drive.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindPlatte Woods-Estimated 70 mph wind gusts with 3 inch tree limbs downed in Platte Woods.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindPlatte Woods-Estimated 60 mph wind gust near Platte Woods.
August 2017Flash FloodPlatte Woods-The spillway for Lake Waukomis was closed due to water flowing over it.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindPlatte Woods-An estimated 60 mph wind gust occurred near Platte Woods.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindPlatte Woods-Reports of power lines down at 70th and Montrose Avenue.
May 2016HailPlatte Woods-This hail occurred at the Zona Rosa shopping center.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindPlatte Woods-Amateur radio operator reported a 60 mph wind gust near Platte Woods.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindPlatte Woods-Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up 60 mph, near Lake Waukomis. A few tree limbs were snapped off.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindPlatte Woods-Thunderstorm winds were estimated at 56 knots, at the intersection of Highway 9 and Highway 45.
May 2010Flash FloodPlatte Woods-Flash flooding was observed near 86th and Amity, around Weatherby Lake. One water rescue was needed.
July 2008Flash FloodPlatte Woods-Several roads are flooded, with water rescues from vehicles, needed around Highway 45 and Highway 9. Also a bridge over Walnut Creek was overtopped. At least 20 homes, also had up to 18 inches of water in their basements.
August 2004Flash FloodPlatte Woods-Water over the roadway at Green Hills and 9 Highway and at Melody and Crosswoods.
April 2020HailPlatte Woods-no account filed
April 2016HailPlatte Woods-no account filed
May 2016HailPlatte Woods-no account filed
May 2011HailPlatte Woods-no account filed
June 2011HailPlatte Woods-no account filed
May 2011HailPlatte Woods-no account filed
April 2011HailPlatte Woods-no account filed
May 2010HailPlatte Woods-no account filed
April 2010HailPlatte Woods-no account filed
May 2010HailPlatte Woods-no account filed
May 2010HailPlatte Woods-no account filed
March 2000HailPlatte Woods-no account filed
March 1993HailPlatte Woods-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Platte 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
Lake Waukomis0.6 miles40
Milton1.5 miles40
Weatherby Lake2.6 miles40
Northern Heights2.6 miles40
Parkdale2.7 miles40
Houston Lake2.9 miles40
Parkville3.0 miles40
North Moor3.1 miles40

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 Platte WoodsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q953880The 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 724469. 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.