Shelbyville, Missouri
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Black Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63469. The Survey maps it on the Shelbyville quadrangle. 518 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 761 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresShelbyville fell from 552 to 518 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 | 552 | |
| 2020 | 518 | -34 (-6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Shelbyville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Macon quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Shelbyville between 2002 and 2018, burning about 51 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 20 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 43 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176811-10243-04202018-1106 |
| 27 January 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Shelbyville: 6 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Stone Co Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Undwn | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
19 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shelbyville in 19 storm reports between 1994 and 2021: 12 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 3 lightning. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Lightning | Shelbyville | $100,000 | The communications tower at the county courthouse in Shelbyville was struck by lightning damaging computers for the 911 system and the sheriff's office, radio consoles, and various other electronic equipment. Damage is estimated around $100,000. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shelbyville | $8,500 | The county sheriff reported numerous windows broken and large tree limbs down in Shelbyville from high wind gusts. As the storms moved south, four barns were heavily damaged south of town. Numerous large trees across the county were blown over as well. |
| August 1996 | Lightning | Shelbyville | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Lightning | Shelbyville | $2,000 | Lightning struck the county courthouse for the fourth time since June 4th of this year. This time it knocked out part of the 911 capabilities, along with other software and computers throughout the courthouse. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shelbyville | $500 | The county sheriff reported large trees down just west of Shelbyville. Numerous trees were also blown down with wind gusts estimated at 70 mph along the shores of Hunnewell Lake. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shelbyville | $203 | The county sheriff reported numerous windows broken and large tree limbs down in Shelbyville from high wind gusts. As the storms moved south, four barns were heavily damaged south of town. Numerous large trees across the county were blown over as well. |
| April 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shelbyville | - | Thunderstorm winds tore a screen door off of a house, uprooted a large tree, and snapped off numerous tree limbs. Also, the winds caused minor damage to a machine shed and knocked down a dog pen. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shelbyville | - | Thunderstorm winds blew over a large tree onto a house causing moderate damage. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shelbyville | - | Thunderstorm winds snapped off a large tree at its base and blew down numerous large tree limbs. Also, a carport was destroyed. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shelbyville | - | The Sheriff Department reported that a barn was damaged by thunderstorm winds with debris landing on Route K west of Shelbyville. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shelbyville | - | A storm spotter reported large tree limbs down in Shelbyville. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shelbyville | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts tore the roof off a machine shed and downed some trees and power poles at a farmstead north of Shelbyville. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Shelbyville | - | Local law enforcement reported 3/4 inch hail. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Shelbyville | - | County EMA officials reported silver dollar size hail south of Shelbyville. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shelbyville | - | The County Sheriff reported trees down blocking a couple of roads. |
| September 2010 | Hail | Shelbyville | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shelbyville | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Shelbyville | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shelbyville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walkersville | 4.7 miles | 9 | |
| Mamre | 4.7 miles | 9 | |
| Kirby | 4.7 miles | 9 | |
| Bethel | 5.0 miles | 9 | |
| Kellerville | 5.1 miles | 8 | |
| Hebron | 6.0 miles | 9 | |
| Oakdale | 6.5 miles | 10 | |
| Epworth | 6.7 miles | 9 |
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 Shelbyville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q956077 | 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 726308. 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.





