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Verona, Missouri

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Spring River Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65769. It stands on Douger Branch. The Survey maps it on the Verona quadrangle. 507 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,280 feet above sea level.

Verona within Lawrence County

Population over time

2 figures

Verona fell from 619 to 507 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
2010619
2020507-112 (-18%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 11 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

70 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Verona between 1994 and 2020, burning about 548 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Arson/incendiarism8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Natural1

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
7 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
14 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
13 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 August 2001Arson/incendiarism80 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 August 2001Smoking1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
30 August 1995Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
16 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
14 August 1996Arson/incendiarism16 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 111 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 111 workings within 5 miles of Verona: 106 past producers, 4 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Zinc, Lead, Limestone, Dimension, Zinc. 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
Hawkins MineClayProspect
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer
Unknown - Lead & CopperCopper, LeadPast Producer
Unknown - Lead & Zinc & CopperLead, Zinc, CopperPast Producer
American Zinc MineZincPast Producer
Unknown - ZincZincPast Producer
Unknown - ZincZincProspect
Unknown - Ls.DimLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.DimLimestone, DimensionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lawrence County

Storms near this place

37 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Verona in 37 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 12 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 6 flash flood, 6 heavy rain. The reports record 2 deaths and 1 injury. 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
March 2006Tornado (F3)Verona1 killed, 1 hurt, $5,000,000A supercell thunderstorm that produced a tornado in Newton County, spawned a large tornado in Lawrence County approximately one mile north of Verona. The tornado damaged 46 structures and destroyed 21. One fatality occurred from flying debris striking an elderly man in his frame home north of Marionville. This tornado basically followed a similar path that another F-3 tornado tracked along during the 4 May 2003 tornado outbreak.
December 2015Flash FloodVerona1 killed, $1,500,000A 37 year old male was swept off of Farm Road 1130 due to flash flooding. The flooding occurred along a small tributary of Browning Hollow which is a tributary of the Spring River. Nearly all low water crossings across the county were flooded. There was several rural and county roads which sustained damage from flooding. This storm report will contain the damage estimates for the entire county for this event.
April 2026HailVerona$118,000,000A hail swath from a mile to 3 miles wide began near southwest of Aurora and continued to the northeast across southeastern Lawrence County. Hail from quarters to softballs in size fell along a path from Aurora to Marionville as an intensifying left moving supercell moved to the northeast across the County. Along the storms path, numerous homes, vehicles, businesses, equipment, crops, livestock and other structures were damaged by hail before the storm passed into far western Christian County.
October 2007Tornado (EF0)Verona$500,000A National Weather Service storm survey revealed that an EF-2 tornado touched down approximately one and a half miles north of Verona and tracked across rural areas of eastern Lawrence County. The tornado damaged five homes along with a dairy barn and a saw mill.
April 2025Tornado (EF1)Verona$250,000An National Weather Service survey found that an EF-1 tornado began at 9:00 AM near Highway 60 between Verona and Aurora and ended in eastern Aurora just east of Highway 60. The tornado had a path length of 4.88 miles, a width of 100 yards, and maximum wind speeds of 90 mph. The tornado damaged the roof of a church, caused minor damage to several other structures, and uprooted many large trees.
May 2024Tornado (EF1)Verona$100,000This is a continuation of the tornado that touched down in northern Barry County. As it continued to track into Lawrence County, this tornado continued to cause EF-1 damage, resulting in downed powerlines, and roofing panels to be torn off of a barn. Continuing further northeast south of Aurora, a mobile home was flipped over, several trees were uprooted or snapped, powerlines were down, and several houses had roof damage.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindVerona$50,000Nearly half the roof decking and shingles were removed from the roof of a home by high winds.
May 2021Flash FloodVerona$50,000A water rescue was performed to remove five people from the roof of a flooded home. no injuries occurred.
February 2023Thunderstorm WindVerona$25,000Straight line winds caused a barn wall to fail and collapse.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindVerona$10,000About two-thirds of a roof was blown off of a mobile home.
February 2001Thunderstorm WindVerona$1,000no account filed
May 2022Thunderstorm WindVerona$500A NWS storm survey determined that straight line winds estimated at 60 mph uprooted a few trees and broke some large limbs at a couple of homes along Farm Road 1140. A small utility shed suffered some damage as well.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindVerona-A tree was down blocking the road.
April 2025Flash FloodVerona-County Road 2220 at Center Creek was flooded and impassable.
April 2025Flash FloodVerona-W Main Street at the Spring Creek was flooded and impassable.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindVerona-A large tree was reported down down.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindVerona-Several large trees were reported down.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindVerona-A large tree and several large limbs were reported down.
September 2022Flash FloodVerona-Highway P at the Douglas Branch was flooded and impassable after 4.05 inches of rainfall.
October 2021Heavy RainVerona-A 24 hour rainfall measurement of 2.24 inches was reported with rain still falling.
October 2021Heavy RainVerona-A 12 hour rainfall report of 4.61 inches was reported by a retired NWS employee.
March 2020HailVerona-Half dollar sized hail was reported by retired NWS employee.
February 2019Thunderstorm WindVerona-A personal weather station measured a 55 knots wind gust, 1 NW of Verona.
May 2019Heavy RainVerona-A 24 hour rainfall accumulation of 3.91 inches was reported by the public.
May 2019Heavy RainVerona-Rainfall of 3.61 inches was measured over a 24 hour period.
May 2017HailVerona-There were several pictures on social media of quarter size hail northwest of Aurora.
July 2015Heavy RainVerona-There was a rainfall report of 0.75 inches that fell in 15 minutes.
December 2015Heavy RainVerona-There was a report of 6.36 inches of rainfall in 24 hours.
June 2005Funnel CloudVerona-Funnel cloud was briefly observed by the Verona Volunteer Fire Department.
March 2015HailVerona-no account filed
April 2015HailVerona-no account filed
June 2012HailVerona-no account filed
January 2005Flash FloodVerona-no account filed
November 2005HailVerona-no account filed
August 2003Thunderstorm WindVerona-no account filed
November 2001HailVerona-no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindVerona-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lawrence 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
Globe3.5 miles11
Aurora4.2 miles12
Opal4.2 miles17
Elliott6.0 miles19
Sage Hill6.5 miles12
Freistatt6.6 miles17
Orange7.0 miles19
Forest Park (historical)7.1 miles11

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 VeronaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q959082The 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 728175. 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.