Weatherby, Missouri
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Adams Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64497. It stands on Lazy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Weatherby quadrangle. 80 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 879 feet above sea level.
On record in Weatherby
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Absolom Riggs Houselisted 1982
Population over time
2 figuresWeatherby fell from 107 to 80 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 | 107 | |
| 2020 | 80 | -27 (-25%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1924 USGS Winston quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Weatherby quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Saint Joseph quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Weatherby between 1997 and 2018, burning about 602 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 | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 March 1997 | Debris and open burning | 600 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 15 February 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.9 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176027-03220-02152018-1035 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Weatherby: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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.
Storms near this place
26 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Weatherby in 26 storm reports between 2000 and 2026: 14 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood. The reports record 3 deaths and 6 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2004 | Tornado (F4) | Weatherby | 3 killed, 6 hurt, $300,000 | Large F4 tornado touched down 2 miles south of Weatherby and moved east northeast. The tornado killed 3 persons near Weatherby. The 80 and 60 year old fatalities occurred in a destroyed frame house. Two mobile homes were destroyed with one having the 54 year old fatality. The tornado crossed into Daviess county 4 miles east of Weatherby. |
| February 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Weatherby | $3,000 | A 30 times 50 foot pole barn was blown over. Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Weatherby | - | Quarter sized hail reported in Weatherby. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Weatherby | - | Half dollar sized hail reported between Maysville and Weatherby. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Weatherby | - | Ping pong ball sized hail reported just east of Weatherby. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Weatherby | - | Ping pong ball sized hail reported just east of Weatherby. |
| September 2016 | Flood | Weatherby | - | Route W along Middle Fork Lost Creek was closed due to flooding. While the damage was largely minimal the amount of damage was unknown. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Weatherby | - | A member of the public reported a 60 mph wind gust. |
| April 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Weatherby | - | An 8 to 10 inch tree was blown onto the hood of truck. |
| September 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Weatherby | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 65 mph. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Weatherby | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated to 65 mph, between Highway 33 and Cameron, on Highway 36. |
| June 2009 | Flash Flood | Weatherby | - | Route W was closed due to flash flooding. |
| June 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Weatherby | - | A brief EF0 tornado touchdown was reported in rural land at 1927 CST. No damage was reported. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Weatherby | - | Public reported wind gusts to 60 mph and penny sized hail. |
| February 2012 | Hail | Weatherby | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Weatherby | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Weatherby | - | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Hail | Weatherby | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Weatherby | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Weatherby | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Weatherby | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Weatherby | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Weatherby | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Weatherby | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Weatherby | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Weatherby | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Rosa | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| Fordham | 5.7 miles | 15 | |
| Maysville | 6.4 miles | 15 | |
| Gridley (historical) | 7.3 miles | 15 | |
| Fairport | 7.6 miles | 15 | |
| Amity | 10.5 miles | 15 | |
| Wood | 11.4 miles | 15 | |
| Winslow | 13.5 miles | 12 |
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 Weatherby | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q958844 | 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 729687. 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.






