BlockSteele, Missouri
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Cooter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63877. The Survey maps it on the Steele quadrangle. 1,853 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 262 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresSteele fell from 2,172 to 1,853 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 | 2,172 | |
| 2020 | 1,853 | -319 (-15%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1940 USGS Hayti quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Hayti quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Dyersburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1978 USGS Steele quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Dyersburg quadrangle1:100000
Storms near this place
24 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Steele in 24 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 10 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 4 tornado, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Steele | $250,000 | A survey team found the damage to Central Elementary School in Steele, MO, was associated with straight-line winds. A significant portion of the roof of one of the school buildings was removed and blown to the east. Numerous small branches and several larger tree limbs were downed adjacent to the school and nearby park. Damage patterns and a review of security footage were consistent with straight-line wind damage, likely associated with a microburst. No additional damage was noted in the area. Maximum estimated wind speeds were 80 mph. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Steele | $25,000 | A house was damaged. Several trees were knocked down. |
| April 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Steele | $10,000 | A tornado touched down near Steele and moved southeast to Cottonwood Point. The tornado track was not continuous as it lifted up and touched down several times. The tornado mainly affected agricultural interests, damaging numerous corn crops. A few sheds and barns were also destroyed. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Steele | $7,500 | no account filed |
| September 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Steele | $5,000 | A few trees down in Steele as well as power outages in town. |
| March 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Steele | $5,000 | Straight line winds knocked down power lines in Steele. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Steele | $2,000 | A tree was knocked down on State Highway 164 near Steele. |
| January 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Steele | $2,000 | Powerlines were knocked down. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Steele | $2,000 | Trees and power lines were knocked down in Steele by straight line winds. |
| May 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Steele | $1,000 | The tornado touched down near the town of Steele and tracked northeast. A few homes suffered roof damage. Several trees and power poles were knocked down. |
| May 2003 | Flash Flood | Steele | $1,000 | The school grounds between Steele High School and East Elementary School were flooded. Some roads and parking lots were flooded. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Steele | $1,000 | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Steele | $110 | no account filed |
| January 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Steele | $50 | A tornado briefly touched down near Steele producing little damage. |
| June 1998 | Hail | Steele | $50 | no account filed |
| January 1999 | Hail | Steele | $10 | no account filed |
| January 1999 | Hail | Steele | $10 | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Funnel Cloud | Steele | - | Possible tornado five miles west of Steele. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Steele | - | Straight line winds knocked down several tree limbs in Steele. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Steele | - | Straight line winds knocked down street and highway signs, ripped off shingles and downed tree limbs in the Steele area. A shed was damaged along County Road 457 near Steele. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Steele | - | Ping pong to golf ball size hail fell around Steele. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Steele | - | Winds were estimated at 60 mph in Steele. |
| April 1994 | Tornado (F0) | Steele | - | A small tornado touched down in some open farmland west of Steele. There was no damage reported and the track lasted five minutes. |
| August 1993 | Hail | Steele | - | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down numerous large trees and power lines in Steele and at various other locations across the county. A mobile home was demolished after a large tree fell but no one was injured. Numerous other homes and vehicles sustained lesser amounts of damage from falling trees. The county Sheriff's office also reported power lines down and dime-size hail. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hall (historical) | 2.0 miles | 9 | |
| Gibson | 2.5 miles | 9 | |
| Cooter | 2.8 miles | 9 | |
| Holland | 2.9 miles | 9 | |
| Covington | 3.0 miles | 9 | |
| Acorn Corner | 3.1 miles | 9 | |
| Denton | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Oak Ridge | 3.8 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 Steele | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q955617 | 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 727049. 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.
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.