Sugar Creek, Missouri
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Blue Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64054. It stands on Sugar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Independence quadrangle. 3,271 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 820 feet above sea level.
On record in Sugar Creek
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.
Mount Washington Schoollisted 2013 · 1.0 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresSugar Creek fell from 3,345 to 3,271 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 | 3,345 | |
| 2020 | 3,271 | -74 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 26 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.
- 1894 USGS Independence quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1934 USGS Independence quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1940 USGS Independence quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Independence quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Independence quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1983 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Independence quadrangle1:24000
- 1996 USGS Independence quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
6,365 words on this townshipThe History of Jackson County, Missouri, Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, Etc., Biographical Sketches of Its Citizens, Jackson County in the Late War... History of Missouri, Map of Jackson County .., published 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Blue Township covers organized may 23, 1827, at first it included land in what is cass and bates counties, present boundaries and phyiscal features, blue township a favored locality, names of the pioneers, what the pioneers themselves say of early days.
Read the chapter on Blue Township - 6,365 words.
Fires near this place
33 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Sugar Creek between 1997 and 2020, burning about 26 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 24 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 14 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 8 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 6 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 31 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 27 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 18 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 53 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 53 workings within 5 miles of Sugar Creek: 41 past producers, 12 producers. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sulfur. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Fe Quarry | Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Sugar Creek Sulfur Plant | Sulfur | Producer | ||
| City Wide Sand | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Holliday Sand & Gravel Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Randolph Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown-S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Wren Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Wren Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Alrok Mine and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
20 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sugar Creek in 20 storm reports between 2006 and 2024: 9 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 4 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sugar Creek | $2,000 | Powerlines were reported down, around Kaufman and Arrowhead stadiums. Trees were also reported blown onto Interstate 435. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sugar Creek | - | Power lines downed near Sugar Creek. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sugar Creek | - | Downed power lines with power outages in Sugar Creek. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sugar Creek | - | Numerous trees were down at Kentucky and Sterling. It is unknown the size or condition of the trees. |
| October 2018 | Flash Flood | Sugar Creek | - | Numerous roads were flooded in Sugar Creek. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sugar Creek | - | At Highway 24 and Arlington Road a 4.5 inch tree limb was down, as well as multiple power lines. |
| August 2017 | Flash Flood | Sugar Creek | - | Cars were reported in high water at 4200 Gardner Ave. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sugar Creek | - | A tree of unknown size or condition was down on a house near South Home Avenue. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sugar Creek | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sugar Creek | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 65 mph. |
| August 2010 | Hail | Sugar Creek | - | One inch hail was reported near the intersection of Winner Road and Blue Ridge Boulevard. |
| April 2008 | Flash Flood | Sugar Creek | - | Water was reported running over the road at the intersection of Gardner and Chouteau Parkway. |
| July 2008 | Flash Flood | Sugar Creek | - | One to two feet of water was over Chouteau Trafficway near Front Street. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Sugar Creek | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Sugar Creek | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Sugar Creek | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Funnel Cloud | Sugar Creek | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sugar Creek | - | no account filed |
| February 2007 | Hail | Sugar Creek | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Sugar Creek | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairmount | 1.0 miles | 26 | |
| Maywood | 1.0 miles | 26 | |
| Bristol | 1.3 miles | 26 | |
| Mount Washington | 1.3 miles | 26 | |
| Englewood | 1.7 miles | 26 | |
| Rock Creek Junction | 1.9 miles | 26 | |
| Independence | 2.0 miles | 26 | |
| Athol | 2.1 miles | 26 |
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 Sugar Creek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q954196 | 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 727219. 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.











