Stark City, Missouri
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Newtonia Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64866. The Survey maps it on the Stella quadrangle. 125 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,220 feet above sea level.
On record in Stark City
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Second Battle of Newtonia Sitelisted 2004 · 0.9 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresStark City fell from 139 to 125 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 | 139 | |
| 2020 | 125 | -14 (-10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1943 USGS Ritchey quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Stella quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Neosho quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
11 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Stark City between 1994 and 2020, burning about 82 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 | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 12 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 24 July 1999 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 February 1998 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 February 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 29 February 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 230654-07353-02292020-1555 |
| 25 December 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 30 November 1994 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 122 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 122 workings within 5 miles of Stark City: 122 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Lead, Zinc, Zinc, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Devil Mine | Zinc, Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Culpepper Diggings | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Dorris & Cavender Mine | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Dungy Mine | Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Foster Mine | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Newtonia Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Shinn Mine | Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Zn | Zinc | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
21 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stark City in 21 storm reports between 1997 and 2022: 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 4 hail, 4 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stark City | $20,000 | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stark City | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stark City | $2,000 | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Flood | Stark City | - | State Highway 86 Was closed due to flooding. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Stark City | - | Highway 86 was flooded and impassable between Harrison Avenue and Highway M. |
| July 2020 | Hail | Stark City | - | Penny sized hail was reported. |
| June 2019 | Flash Flood | Stark City | - | Highway 86 near East Newton High School was closed due to flooding. |
| October 2019 | Heavy Rain | Stark City | - | The Mesonet station EW7471 at Granby reported 3.88 inches of rainfall. |
| May 2019 | Heavy Rain | Stark City | - | A public observer measured a 24 hour rainfall total of 3.38 inches. |
| August 2018 | Hail | Stark City | - | Quarter sized hail was reported via social medial. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stark City | - | This wind report was from a mesonet station E7471 about 2 miles southeast of Granby. |
| April 2013 | Flash Flood | Stark City | - | A section of Highway 86 was closed due to flooding between Newtonia and Stark City. |
| May 2013 | Flood | Stark City | - | The low water crossing at Highway 86 was flooded. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stark City | - | Amateur radio relayed a report of 60 mph. |
| May 2010 | Flood | Stark City | - | A section of Highway 86 near Newtonia was flooded due to excessive rainfall. |
| May 2010 | Flood | Stark City | - | A section of Highway 86 near Newtonia was flooded due to excessive rainfall. |
| July 2009 | Flash Flood | Stark City | - | A slow moving storm complex with training thunderstorms produced heavy rainfall. Flooding occurred at a low water crossing near the intersections of Highway 86 and O on Teal Drive. The road was closed to through traffic by the Missouri Department of Transportation. |
| May 2006 | Flash Flood | Stark City | - | Flash flooding inundated a section of Highway 86 north of Stark City. The highway was shut down by law enforcement officials as it was considered impassable to motorists. |
| October 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stark City | - | Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed several trees across southeastern sections of Newton County near the community of Stark City. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Stark City | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Stark City | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newtonia | 1.0 miles | 11 | |
| Chester (historical) | 2.1 miles | 11 | |
| Wanda | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Cartmell (historical) | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Aroma | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Sweetwater | 4.9 miles | 16 | |
| Granby | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Monark Springs | 5.6 miles | 16 |
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 Stark City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q954702 | 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 727032. 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.





