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Westboro, Missouri

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Lincoln Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64498. The Survey maps it on the Westboro quadrangle. 116 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 978 feet above sea level.

Westboro within Atchison County

Population over time

2 figures

Westboro fell from 141 to 116 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
2010141
2020116-25 (-18%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 10 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.

Storms near this place

40 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Westboro in 40 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 27 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 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 2008Thunderstorm WindWestboro$1,000Minor damage to structures was reported, and several trees were down.
May 2023HailWestboro-Golf ball sized hail was reported in Westboro.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindWestboro-Westboro Fire Department reported multiple trees and limbs down, along with some building damage in the town.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindWestboro-A trained spotter reported 60 mph wind.
April 2017Tornado (EF0)Westboro-A weak and brief tornado formed in Atchison County. No damage or injuries were reported as a result of this tornado.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindWestboro-Recorded at a wind farm about 3 miles south of the Missouri and Iowa border. Height of the instrument is unknown.
July 2016FloodWestboro-Several inches of rain fell overnight on the morning of July 17th. The result was a fairly long closure of HWY 59 as water rose over the road.
June 2015Tornado (EF0)Westboro-An off-duty National Weather Service employee saw a brief and weak tornado form in a field about 6 miles northeast of Tarkio. The tornado did no damage and lifted before reaching V Avenue.
June 2015FloodWestboro-The intersection of Highway C and M was closed due to flooding along the Tarkio River.
June 2011Tornado (EF0)Westboro-At 2107CST an EF0 tornado touched down 3.8 miles west-northwest of Westboro. The tornado traveled about a half mile, and then lifted at 2108CST, 3.4 miles northwest of Westboro. The tornado was in an open field and did not cause any damage.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindWestboro-Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindWestboro-Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated to 60 mph, and lasted up to 10 minutes.
May 2004Flash FloodWestboro-Water flowing over Highway 59, just west of Highway C.
May 1998HailWestboro-Large hail was reported from severe thundestorms throughout Atchison County. Golfball-size to egg-size hail was reported by the public 2 miles west of Westboro, dime-size hail was reported by a spotter 2 miles northwest of Westboro. Nickel-size hail was reported by a citizen 10 miles northwest of Tarkio.
March 2022HailWestboro-no account filed
April 2018HailWestboro-no account filed
March 2017HailWestboro-no account filed
March 2017HailWestboro-no account filed
May 2016HailWestboro-no account filed
May 2016HailWestboro-no account filed
May 2016HailWestboro-no account filed
June 2014HailWestboro-no account filed
June 2014HailWestboro-no account filed
May 2013HailWestboro-no account filed
May 2013HailWestboro-no account filed
March 2012HailWestboro-no account filed
March 2012HailWestboro-no account filed
June 2011HailWestboro-no account filed
August 2011HailWestboro-no account filed
August 2009HailWestboro-no account filed
March 2009HailWestboro-no account filed
September 2008HailWestboro-no account filed
April 2008HailWestboro-no account filed
April 2003HailWestboro-no account filed
April 2003Thunderstorm WindWestboro-no account filed
April 2001HailWestboro-no account filed
May 2001HailWestboro-no account filed
September 2001HailWestboro-no account filed
June 2000HailWestboro-no account filed
August 1996HailWestboro-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Atchison 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
South Blanchard (historical)6.0 miles12
Farmers City7.0 miles10
Tarkio7.2 miles12
London7.6 miles14
York9.2 miles12
Linden12.0 miles12
Rock Port13.5 miles12
Fairfax14.1 miles13

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 WestboroAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q960062The 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 728643. 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.

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.