Theodosia, Missouri
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Big Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65761. It lies near Ledbetter Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Theodosia quadrangle. 188 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 889 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresTheodosia fell from 243 to 188 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 | 243 | |
| 2020 | 188 | -55 (-23%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 14 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.
- 1936 USGS Thornfield quadrangle1:48000
- 1943 USGS Thornfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1945 USGS Thornfield quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Theodosia quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Ava quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 2004 USGS Theodosia quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
64 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Theodosia between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,430 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 15 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 burning | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.3 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | HIGHWAY 160 |
| 16 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 23 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 27 August 1995 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 July 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 13 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177325-07721-07092018-1615 |
| 7 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177493-07721-07072018-0745 |
| 11 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177327-07721-07112018-2315 |
| 30 May 2001 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 130 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Theodosia: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wallace Cement Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Theodosia in 5 storm reports between 1993 and 1997: 4 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1993 | Hail | Theodosia | $50,000 | no account filed |
| March 1993 | Hail | Theodosia | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Theodosia | $500 | A volunteer fire department chief reported his car and a UPS truck blown off the road they were on when wind gusts of 60 mph occured. |
| May 1997 | Hail | Theodosia | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Theodosia | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lutie | 1.2 miles | 14 | |
| Theodosia (historical) | 1.5 miles | 14 | |
| Sundown | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Isabella | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Dillia | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Ocie | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Dugginsville | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Longrun | 5.2 miles | 13 |
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 Theodosia | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2012378 | 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 752525. 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.











