Truesdale, Missouri
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in South Elkhorn Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63380. The Survey maps it on the Warrenton quadrangle. 853 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 860 feet above sea level.
On record in Truesdale
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.
Ernst Schowengerdt Houselisted 1980 · 0.8 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresTruesdale grew from 732 to 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 | 732 | |
| 2020 | 853 | +121 (+17%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 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 Hermann quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1943 USGS Warrenton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Warrenton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Warrenton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Fulton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
40 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Truesdale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 100 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 1992 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 127130-10952-08042015-1406 |
| 26 July 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 May 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 May 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 121 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 121 workings within 5 miles of Truesdale: 119 past producers, 1 producer, 1 plant. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory), Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Warrenton Copper Refinery | Copper | Plant | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Missouri Limestone Quarry & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Andrew Lepp Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Fahrmeyer Pit #2 | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Truesdale in 7 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Truesdale | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous tree limbs across the Innsbrook area. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Truesdale | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several large trees in Innsbrook. |
| October 2009 | Flash Flood | Truesdale | - | Two to four inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. Numerous roads were flooded in the Warrenton area including Pinckney Road and Dry Fork Road. |
| February 2023 | Hail | Truesdale | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Truesdale | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Truesdale | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Truesdale | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warrenton | 0.6 miles | 21 | |
| Lippstadt Community | 3.8 miles | 21 | |
| Macedonia Neighborhood | 5.0 miles | 21 | |
| Innsbrook | 5.1 miles | 21 | |
| Pendleton | 5.7 miles | 21 | |
| Wright City | 5.9 miles | 21 | |
| Prairieview (historical) | 7.1 miles | 21 | |
| Aspenhoff | 7.7 miles | 21 |
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 Truesdale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q960241 | 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 740024. 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.









