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Spokane, Missouri

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1985. It stands in South Galloway Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65754. It lies near Chestnut Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Spokane quadrangle. 491 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,335 feet above sea level.

Spokane within Christian County

Population over time

2 figures

Spokane grew from 177 to 491 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
2010177
2020491+314 (+177%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 12 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

49 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Spokane between 1992 and 2007, burning about 1,310 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 burning30
Arson/incendiarism10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
13 September 1996Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 May 1997Debris and open burning250 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 May 1997Debris and open burning30 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 May 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 May 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 May 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
3 April 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 April 1994Arson/incendiarism14 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Christian County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Spokane: 3 past producers. None of them 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Walters QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Christian County

Storms near this place

22 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Spokane in 22 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 12 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 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
January 2008Thunderstorm WindSpokane$150,000Shingles were blown off of a roof by a thunderstorm wind gust.
April 2019Tornado (EF1)Spokane$85,000This is the continuation of the tornado that touched down and tracked from one mile northeast of Galena in Stone County, Missouri to six miles southwest of Chadwick in Christian County, Missouri. A National Weather Service Survey confirmed an EF-1 tornado that tracked a total of 23 miles from one mile northeast of Galena to six miles southwest of Chadwick. The tornado was on the ground for approximately 25 minutes along its total track with maximum wind speeds estimated at 100 mph. After tracking across Stone County the tornado then moved into southwestern Christian County were tree damage continued across the tornadoes path. A total of six outbuilding were damaged or destroyed along the tornadoes track in Christian County. One home sustained minor damage from fallen trees. Thousands of trees were estimated to have been damaged or uprooted along the tornadoes path.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindSpokane$40,000Heavy damage occurred to several metal outbuildings near Highway 160.
March 2024Thunderstorm WindSpokane$10,000A tractor trailer was blown over along Highway 160 and Spokane road. The roadway was blocked.
April 2021Flash FloodSpokane$10,000Water was reported in several homes near Highways 176 and 160. No significant damage was reported.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindSpokane$5,000Trees were down due to downburst winds across Goff Creek Road.
March 1998Thunderstorm WindSpokane$1,000Thunderstorm winds downed power lines.
April 1994HailSpokane$50The county sheriff also reported a possible funnel cloud.
August 2015Flash FloodSpokane-The intersection of Highway V and Montaque Road was closed due to flash flooding.
March 2004Thunderstorm WindSpokane-A 70 pound picnic table was tossed over 200 yards by severe thunderstorm wind gusts.
April 2014HailSpokane-no account filed
April 2014HailSpokane-no account filed
September 2012HailSpokane-no account filed
September 2012HailSpokane-no account filed
October 2011HailSpokane-no account filed
May 2008HailSpokane-no account filed
November 2005HailSpokane-no account filed
April 2004HailSpokane-no account filed
May 2003HailSpokane-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindSpokane-no account filed
May 2001HailSpokane-no account filed
June 2001HailSpokane-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Christian 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
Bengal2.3 miles12
Green Mound Ridge3.0 miles12
Chestnutridge3.2 miles12
Montague4.5 miles12
Highlandville4.5 miles12
Saddlebrooke5.0 miles15
Eaudevie (historical)5.5 miles15
Selmore7.8 miles13

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 SpokaneAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q968350The 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 726870. 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.