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Stover, Missouri

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Haw Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65078. The Survey maps it on the Stover quadrangle. 1,006 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,083 feet above sea level.

Stover within Morgan County

Population over time

2 figures

Stover fell from 1,094 to 1,006 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
20101,094
20201,006-88 (-8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 22 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

81 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Stover between 1992 and 2019, burning about 560 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 burning47
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Arson/incendiarism4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
4 September 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
3 September 2016Smokingunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation139873-07144-09032016-1552
17 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177981-07144-09172018-1410
1 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
3 August 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
29 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation139711-07144-08292016-1007
21 July 2014Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
17 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Morgan County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Stover: 9 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Barium-Barite, Lead, Barium-Barite. 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
Crystal MineBarium-BaritePast Producer
Holsten ProspectBarium-BaritePast Producer
Riggs ProspectBarium-Barite, LeadPast Producer
Unknown - Ba PbBarium-Barite, LeadPast Producer
Argenbright DiggingsLeadPast Producer
Gabrielle MineLeadPast Producer
Potter # 1 MineLeadPast Producer
Stover DiggingsLeadPast Producer
Wolf Den DiggingsLeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Morgan County

Storms near this place

60 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stover in 60 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 32 hail, 19 thunderstorm wind, 6 flash flood, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2023HailStover$250,000Hail up to tennis balls in size was reported in downtown Stover. Vehicles and roof damage occurred.
April 2016HailStover$50,000Golf ball size hail was reported at Highway 135 and Elhers Road just north of Stover, Missouri. A few cars and windows were damaged. This storm report will include the damage cost estimates for the entire county with this event.
April 1994Thunderstorm WindStover$50,000A house near the intersection of Highways 135 and 52 had its porch roof ripped off and blown into a tree next to the house. Several other houses had shingles blown off and television antennas bent.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindStover$30,000Power lines were reported down.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindStover$25,000A squall line downed numerous powerlines and trees from Stover to Versailles.
May 2001LightningStover$15,000no account filed
March 2009Thunderstorm WindStover$10,000Thunderstorm wind gusts caused roof damage to a school.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindStover$10,000Thunderstorm wind gusts knocked a large tree into a mobile home.
May 1996Flash FloodStover$10,000no account filed
July 2015Thunderstorm WindStover$5,000Several large 12 inch in diameter trees and power lines were blown down in Stover.
June 1994HailStover$5,000Large hail damaged area crops and wind gusts knocked down large trees south of Versailles.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindStover$4,000Multiple large branches were reported down with minor damage to a barn as well.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindStover$3,000Report of tree limbs broken and shingles blown off.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindStover$3,000Report of tree limbs broken and shingles blown off.
May 2024HailStover-Report of ping pong ball size hail.
May 2024HailStover-Report of quarter size hail.
May 2024Flash FloodStover-Emergency management reported Highway 52 and Highway 135 was flooded.
May 2024Flash FloodStover-Emergency management reported Highway FF was flooded.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindStover-Large trees were reported down at Highway 52 and 135 in addition to the Ivy Bend area and in Versallies.
August 2023HailStover-Quarter sized hail was reported.
August 2023FloodStover-Blackberry Patch Road was flooded and impassable at a low water area due to heavy rainfall.
August 2023HailStover-Penny sized hail was reported.
March 2020HailStover-Quarter sized hail was reported.
July 2020Heavy RainStover-Numerous locations across Morgan County received more than 2 inches of rain over a 24 hour period. The heaviest rains fell in the Stover and Versailles areas with between 2.00 and 4.51 inches of rainfall measured by Co-op observers, Mesonet stations and the public.
August 2019Flash FloodStover-Water was reported over the roadway on Highway 52 between Stover and Cole Camp.
April 2016HailStover-This report was relayed from social media.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindStover-Several large trees were blown down in Stover. Time was estimated by radar.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindStover-Several trees were blown down on Highway 135 south of Stover.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindStover-A tree was blown down on Highway 52.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindStover-Four inch diameter tree limbs were reported blown down.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindStover-Several large tree limbs were reported down.
November 2009Flash FloodStover-Several low water bridges were flooded including the intersection of McCasplain Road and Route 135.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindStover-Severe thunderstorm wind gusts that were estimated at 70 mph, knocked over several trees.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindStover-Thunderstorm wind gusts downed several trees.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindStover-Thunderstorm wind gusts downed a tree that blocked a section of Highway FF.
August 2005Flash FloodStover-Thunderstorms with heavy rain caused flash flooding across a section of Highway DD at the intersection of the Little Haw Creek.
December 2017HailStover-no account filed
March 2014HailStover-no account filed
April 2013HailStover-no account filed
April 2013HailStover-no account filed
May 2011HailStover-no account filed
April 2007HailStover-no account filed
March 2006HailStover-no account filed
March 2006HailStover-no account filed
March 2006HailStover-no account filed
June 2005HailStover-no account filed
August 2003HailStover-no account filed
August 2003Thunderstorm WindStover-no account filed
May 2003HailStover-no account filed
April 2003HailStover-no account filed
April 2003HailStover-no account filed
April 2003HailStover-no account filed
July 2003HailStover-no account filed
March 2002HailStover-no account filed
July 2002HailStover-no account filed
June 2002HailStover-no account filed
August 2001HailStover-no account filed
September 2001HailStover-no account filed
September 2000HailStover-no account filed
June 1998HailStover-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Morgan 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
Pyrmont4.9 miles17
Boylers Mill7.7 miles20
Versailles8.0 miles23
Todd (historical)8.5 miles24
Glensted8.9 miles18
Florence10.2 miles18
Aikinsville11.5 miles18
Marvin11.8 miles23

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 StoverAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q958883The 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 729819. 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.