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Weston, Missouri

46 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Weston Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64098. It stands on Benner Branch. The Survey maps it on the Weston quadrangle. 1,756 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 797 feet above sea level.

Weston within Platte County

On record in Weston

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 4 records

Population over time

2 figures

Weston grew from 1,641 to 1,756 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
20101,641
20201,756+115 (+7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 46 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

18 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Weston between 2015 and 2018, burning about 47 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 burning12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6

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
19 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLeavenworth County119
15 June 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLeavenworth County93
15 May 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresLeavenworth County81
12 April 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreLeavenworth County70
7 March 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresLeavenworth County42
7 March 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service32
4 March 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresLeavenworth County40
3 March 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreLeavenworth County37

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Platte County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Weston: 16 past producers, 1 unknown. 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Baker QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Benner QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Harris QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Iatan QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Spratt QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Spratt QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Stephens QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Platte County

Storms near this place

28 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Weston in 28 storm reports between 1994 and 2021: 13 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 2 flash flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 2005Thunderstorm WindWeston$200,000Several businesses and residences suffered roof damage and partial collapses. There were also many tree branches reported down.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindWeston$2,000Trees and power lines down.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindWeston$2,000no account filed
May 2021Thunderstorm WindWeston-A tree fell onto a home near Weston, requiring response from local fire department.
September 2015Thunderstorm WindWeston-Several trees were knocked onto homes and three intersections were blocked by downed trees.
July 2015Flash FloodWeston-A small bridge over a creek near Humes Rd and Goodlet Circle was flooded.
July 2015Flash FloodWeston-Flooding was reported near the intersection of P Highway and Highway 273/45 through Weston.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindWeston-The public estimated winds at around 60 mph.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindWeston-Roof damage to a metal shed near Weston.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindWeston-Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 75 mph. Several trees and large branches were reported down.
April 2003Tornado (F0)Weston-Tornado touchdown in open country, noted by trained spotters near Snow Creek ski resort. Also visible by KCI tower personnel.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindWeston-Emergency manager reported 70 mph thunderstorm wind gusts with 3/4 inch hail.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindWeston-A 3-ft diameter, 60-foot tall tree was downed in Weston. Numerous smaller tree limbs and power lines were also downed by thunderstorm winds.
April 1997HailWeston-A Kansas City television station reported dime-size hail in Weston.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindWeston-Severe thunderstorms produced dime to quarter-size hail over Weston.
March 2016HailWeston-no account filed
September 2015HailWeston-no account filed
May 2008HailWeston-no account filed
May 2008HailWeston-no account filed
April 2005HailWeston-no account filed
May 2005HailWeston-no account filed
April 2003HailWeston-no account filed
April 2003HailWeston-no account filed
May 2003HailWeston-no account filed
March 2002HailWeston-no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindWeston-no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindWeston-no account filed
June 1994HailWeston-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Platte 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
Sadler2.9 miles46
Beverly3.5 miles46
West Platte3.6 miles44
Woodruff5.0 miles44
Dye5.3 miles46
Iatan6.2 miles46
Tracy6.2 miles44
Stillings6.3 miles49

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 WestonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q579781The 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 728648. 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.