Vista, Missouri
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Doyal Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64776. The Survey maps it on the Vista quadrangle. 36 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 873 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresVista fell from 54 to 36 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 | 54 | |
| 2020 | 36 | -18 (-33%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1886 USGS Stockton quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1938 USGS Vista quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1940 USGS Vista quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Bolivar quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Vista quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
51 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Vista between 1992 and 2018, burning about 1,006 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 burning | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 13 May 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177539-09339-05132018-1041 |
| 13 May 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177536-09339-04092018-1641 |
| 6 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 April 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 2 April 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 27 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Vista: 8 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Barium-Barite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal Mine | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | Hydrothermal Vein | |
| Crystal Mine | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Krifer Brothers Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Krifer Brothers Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Baumgardner Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Geo. Baker Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Halliwell Cement Co. Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
13 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vista in 13 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vista | $40,000 | Several trees and large limbs were reported down on power lines. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Vista | $30,000 | Report of tennis ball size hail near Vista. |
| November 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vista | $20,000 | A tree was reported down on a home causing minor damage and a few small outbuildings were damaged. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vista | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Vista | - | SE 601 Road was flooded and impassable at Coon Creek. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vista | - | The Emergency Manager reported that hundreds of trees were down across the eastern portion of the county due to straight line winds. |
| September 2010 | Flash Flood | Vista | - | Several low water crossings across the county were reported as flooded and impassable. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vista | - | Several large limbs were knocked out of trees due to severe thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Vista | - | Thunderstorms winds also downed a large tree. |
| April 2013 | Hail | Vista | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Vista | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vista | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Flash Flood | Vista | - | 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.
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 Vista | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3321768 | 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 756858. 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.







