Trimble, Missouri
37 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Hardin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64492. The Survey maps it on the Smithville quadrangle. 573 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 935 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresTrimble fell from 646 to 573 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 | 646 | |
| 2020 | 573 | -73 (-11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 37 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.
- 1890 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1894 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:125000, 14 printings
- 1914 USGS Smithville quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Smithville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Smithville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Smithville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:100000
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Hardin township. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
Daniel Reed
section 15, post office Edgerton, was born May 18, 1849. ^"*^^ ^^ native of this count}-, where he has been raised. John, the father of the subject of this sketch, was an old pioneer of this district, and a man closel)' connected with its interests from an early day. He was shot and killed b\' Federals in 1862.
In the county-history sources
4,629 words on this townshipThe History of Clinton County, Missouri : Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, Etc., Biographical Sketches of Its Citizens, Clinton County in the Late War, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of Missouri, Map of Clinton County, Etc., Etc, published 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Hardin Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Hardin Township - 4,629 words.
Fires near this place
5 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Trimble in 2006, burning about 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 4 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 14 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 14 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 22 February 2006 | 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 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Trimble: 11 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvant Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
27 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Trimble in 27 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 17 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2024 | Hail | Trimble | - | Spotter reported quarter sized hail between 620-624 pm. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trimble | - | Three inch tree limbs broken; Power poles broken. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trimble | - | Downed trees and wires near Maple Street. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trimble | - | Three inch diameter tree limbs broken; Power poles broken and minor damage to roof coverings. Tree uprooted near Howard Road. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trimble | - | Downed wires and power outages near 223rd Street. |
| March 2017 | Tornado (EF2) | Trimble | - | This tornado is a continuation of the tornado that moved out of Clay County after impacting Smithville and Smithville Lake on the night of March 6. The tornado reached its strongest rating and its widest size as it crossed out of Clay County into Clinton County while it crossed Smithville Lake. Like in Clay County several residences were impacted in Clinton County by this large tornado that reached 1000 yards wide at its largest point. The worst of the damage occurred just east of Smithville lake where numerous structures were completely destroyed, but like on the west side of the lake the worst of the damage seemed to occur where garage doors became a point of entry for 100+ mph winds and lifted the entire structure off of its foundation. The tornado continued across the rural portions of Clinton County, remaining at least EF-2 until it approached Lathrop, where it became smaller and didn't create as much damage. A few structures on the south end of Lathrop were damaged. The last damage point appeared to be just west of Interstate 35, where a few metal outbuildings had some metal peeled off, but no more damage was located east of I-35. The tornado dissipated between Lathrop and Interstate 35. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trimble | - | A 60 mph wind gust was estimated by a member of the public and relayed via amateur radio. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trimble | - | A storm chaser reported 70 mph winds near an ongoing tornado near Trimble, Missouri. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Trimble | - | The hail was driven by 70 mph estimated winds. |
| April 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trimble | - | Spotter estimated 70 mph winds. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trimble | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph. |
| October 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trimble | - | Law enforcement officials reported trees down along Highway C. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Trimble | - | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Hail | Trimble | - | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Hail | Trimble | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Trimble | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Trimble | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Trimble | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Trimble | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Trimble | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Trimble | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Trimble | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Trimble | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Trimble | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Trimble | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Trimble | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Trimble | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mecca | 2.4 miles | 37 | |
| Grayson | 4.3 miles | 19 | |
| Westbridge | 5.8 miles | 19 | |
| Lilly | 6.4 miles | 23 | |
| Scearces | 8.2 miles | 19 | |
| Plattsburg | 9.0 miles | 16 | |
| Gower | 9.8 miles | 19 | |
| Wexford | 10.3 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 Trimble | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q960073 | 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 730235. 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.










