Truxton, Missouri
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Prairie Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63381. It stands on Picnic Branch. The Survey maps it on the Truxton quadrangle. 59 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 735 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresTruxton fell from 91 to 59 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 | 91 | |
| 2020 | 59 | -32 (-35%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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 Louisiana quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1937 USGS Silex quadrangle1:62500
- 1939 USGS Silex quadrangle1:48000
- 1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1975 USGS Truxton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Mexico quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Truxton in 1997, burning about 10 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 June 1997 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Truxton: 8 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Clay | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Clay | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Clay | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
12 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Truxton in 12 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 6 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2015 | Flood | Truxton | $240,000 | Between 4 and 7 inches of rain fell across Lincoln County during a 2 day period. All of this rain caused the creeks and rivers to rise. The Cuivre River went into major flood. Almost 30 structures were either damaged or destroyed from the river flooding. Damage estimates so far were around $235,000. |
| August 2019 | Flash Flood | Truxton | - | Up to three inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. Several roads were flooded and closed over the southwestern sections of the county. |
| January 2016 | Flood | Truxton | - | Cuivre and Mississippi Rivers remained in moderate to major flood through the early morning hours of January 3rd. The flooding was a result of the record rainfall in late December. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Truxton | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees and numerous large tree limbs around town. |
| October 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Truxton | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several power lines in town. |
| October 2005 | Hail | Truxton | - | The public reported nickel size hail in Truxton. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Truxton | - | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Hail | Truxton | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Truxton | - | no account filed |
| February 2008 | Hail | Truxton | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Truxton | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Truxton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Stillhouse Ford | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| Olney | 5.7 miles | 16 | |
| Hawk Point | 6.1 miles | 21 | |
| Mashek (historical) | 8.7 miles | 16 | |
| Corso | 9.1 miles | 15 | |
| Stepanek Crossing | 9.3 miles | 16 | |
| Millwood | 9.9 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 Truxton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1970066 | 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 727820. 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.






