Wasola, Missouri
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Noble Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65773. The Survey maps it on the Wasola quadrangle. 115 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,280 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresWasola grew from 113 to 115 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 | 113 | |
| 2020 | 115 | +2 (+2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 14 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.
- 1936 USGS Ava quadrangle1:48000
- 1942 USGS Ava quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Ava quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Wasola quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Ava quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 2004 USGS Wasola quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
63 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Wasola between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,839 acres in total. None started naturally. 27 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 27 |
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 25 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 April 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 304 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | INDIAN FIRE |
| 7 April 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 64 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 April 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | not named |
| 4 April 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Wasola: 2 prospects, 2 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Able Land | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Albert Robison Bank | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Charles Rippee Iron Mine | Iron | Occurrence | Surface | |
| Mapes Land | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Newton Mining Co Land | Iron | Prospect |
Storms near this place
30 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wasola in 30 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 20 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2002 | Tornado (F1) | Wasola | $50,000 | no account filed |
| October 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wasola | $5,000 | A tree was reported to have fallen on a house in Wasola. |
| December 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wasola | $5,000 | Severe thunderstorm wind gusts damaged a roof of a church south of Wasola along Highway 5. |
| July 1994 | Hail | Wasola | $5,000 | A cooperative weather observer reported hail damage to her car. |
| December 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wasola | $500 | Thunderstorm wind gusts knocked over a power pole and blew tin off of a barn near Wasola. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Wasola | - | Hail to the size of half dollars fell on County Road 851 southwest of Wasola. |
| May 2019 | Heavy Rain | Wasola | - | A co-op observer reported a 24-hr rainfall accumulation of 4.77 inches. |
| April 2017 | Heavy Rain | Wasola | - | Rainfall of 5.50 inches was measured since midnight. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wasola | - | Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed a few trees near Wasola. |
| March 2015 | Hail | Wasola | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Wasola | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Wasola | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Wasola | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Wasola | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Wasola | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Wasola | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Wasola | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Wasola | - | no account filed |
| February 2005 | Hail | Wasola | - | no account filed |
| November 2005 | Hail | Wasola | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wasola | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Flash Flood | Wasola | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Wasola | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Wasola | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Wasola | - | no account filed |
| February 1999 | Hail | Wasola | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Wasola | - | no account filed |
| February 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wasola | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Wasola | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Hail | Wasola | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noble | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Almartha | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Foil | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Summit City | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Grabeel (historical) | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| Toledo | 6.0 miles | 14 | |
| Souder | 6.2 miles | 13 | |
| Romance | 6.6 miles | 13 |
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 Wasola | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3459269 | 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 752773. 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.











