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Urbana, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1884 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Lincoln Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65767. It stands on East Branch Cahoochie Creek. The Survey maps it on the Urbana quadrangle. 387 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,056 feet above sea level.

Urbana within Dallas County

Population over time

2 figures

Urbana fell from 417 to 387 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.

YearPeople Change
2010417
2020387-30 (-7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

41 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Urbana between 1993 and 2020, burning about 794 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 burning30
Arson/incendiarism6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 May 2018Debris and open burning45 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176852-03015-05062018-1539
5 April 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
20 April 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178611-03015-04202019-1451
20 April 2018Debris and open burning28 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176612-03015-04202018-1338
20 April 2014Arson/incendiarism89 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 April 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
15 April 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178595-03015-04152019-1833
7 March 2020Debris and open burning5.5 acresMissouri Department of Conservation190164-03015-03072020-1522

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dallas County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Urbana: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Nasalrod DiggingsLead, ZincPast Producer
Urbana Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Henry Booth ShaftLeadPast Producer
Plummer FarmLeadPast Producer
Smith MinesLeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dallas County

Storms near this place

34 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Urbana in 34 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 16 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 7 flash flood, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2017Flash FloodUrbana$100,000Route HH was impassable and closed due to flooding. Several homes and roads sustained flood damage across the county. This report will contain the total dollar estimate for flood damage to infrastructure, businesses, and homes across Dallas County.
April 2023HailUrbana$25,000Baseball sized hail was reported north of town. One home had roof damage.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindUrbana$10,000Numerous trees were reported down or uprooted. A power line was also reported down.
February 2023Thunderstorm WindUrbana-A large tree was reported down.
April 2023HailUrbana-Golf ball sized hail was reported.
May 2023HailUrbana-Golf ball sized hail was reported in a mainly rural area.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindUrbana-Numerous trees were reported down.
May 2017HailUrbana-There was a picture on social media of at least quarter size hail near Urbana.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindUrbana-Several trees were blown down near Urbana.
November 2015FloodUrbana-The low water crossing at Route BB was closed due to flooding at Cahoochie Creek just south of the Hickory County line.
May 2013HailUrbana-A picture from Facebook showed quarter sized hail.
May 2013HailUrbana-A picture of the hail was on Facebook.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindUrbana-A two foot diameter tree was reported down across Grayling Road along State Road BB north of the town of Urbana.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindUrbana-Several trees were blown down from thunderstorm wind gusts.
June 2009Flash FloodUrbana-One to three inches of rain fell over much of Dallas County. This excessive rain resulted in flash flooding of several streams and creeks. Locations that flooded include a bridge on Oak Street in Urbana, a section of Highway HH south of Buffalo, and a section of Highway E northeast of Tunas.
March 2008FloodUrbana-This flooding is a continuation of the flash flooding. Poor drainage areas continued to flood roadways and lowlands near rivers and creeks.
February 2008Flash FloodUrbana-Widespread flooding occurred over Dallas County. A few specific locations that experienced flooding included a section of Highway 32 in Long Lane, a section of Highway A two miles south of Buffalo, a low water crossing at Highway C one mile west of its intersection with Highway 65, a low water crossing along Highway M near its intersection with Highway B, and a section of Highway H five miles south of Buffalo.
April 2008Flash FloodUrbana-One to three inches of rain fell over Dallas County. All low areas that typically flood during periods of excessive rainfall were flooded. A section of Highway B near its intersection with Highway M was one specific location that flooded.
June 2008Flash FloodUrbana-Two to four inches of rain fell over Dallas County. Widespread flash flooding occurred. Specific locations that flooded included sections of Highway M and sections of Highway B.
June 2008Flash FloodUrbana-Heavy rain caused a creek to flood Highway D and make it impassable to motorists.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindUrbana-Thunderstorm wind gusts downed a few trees.
July 1997Flash FloodUrbana-Up to three inches of rain fell causing street flooding.
May 2011HailUrbana-no account filed
May 2011HailUrbana-no account filed
August 2008HailUrbana-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindUrbana-no account filed
April 2006HailUrbana-no account filed
January 2005HailUrbana-no account filed
May 2004HailUrbana-no account filed
May 2004HailUrbana-no account filed
July 2003HailUrbana-no account filed
April 2001HailUrbana-no account filed
March 2000HailUrbana-no account filed
February 1997Thunderstorm WindUrbana-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dallas County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Elixer4.3 miles17
Louisburg6.0 miles19
Tunas7.4 miles17
Mathis8.3 miles19
Pumpkin Center8.4 miles17
Wood Hill9.6 miles17
Westfield10.8 miles16
Leadmine10.9 miles16

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 UrbanaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q959522The 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 728083. 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.