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Wheatland, Missouri

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1884 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Wheatland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65779. The Survey maps it on the Wheatland quadrangle. 277 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,053 feet above sea level.

Wheatland within Hickory County

Population over time

2 figures

Wheatland fell from 371 to 277 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
2010371
2020277-94 (-25%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 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

13 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Wheatland between 1993 and 2018, burning about 338 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 burning7
Arson/incendiarism4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
11 April 2002Arson/incendiarism37 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 March 2001Debris and open burning15 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 March 1994Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 March 2014Equipment and vehicle use128 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 March 1994Debris and open burning8.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 March 1994Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
27 March 1993Debris and open burning10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
24 March 1994Arson/incendiarism30 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hickory County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Wheatland: 12 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Barium-Barite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead. 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
John Brown ProspectBarium-Barite, Lead, ZincProspect
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dale Costelo Barite ProspectBarium-BariteProspect
Hinkle-White No 1 DiggingsBarium-BaritePast Producer
Ogden ProspectBarium-BaritePast ProducerResidual
Unknown - BariteBarium-BaritePast Producer
Norman QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Old Beydler QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Hickory County

Storms near this place

28 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wheatland in 28 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 12 thunderstorm wind, 6 flash flood, 5 hail, 3 flood. The reports record 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2025Thunderstorm WindWheatland3 hurtA camper flipped over during a thunderstorm with three minor injuries reported.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindWheatland$3,000,000A National Weather Service storm survey determined multiple swaths of straight line winds occurred across Hickory County. One swath that started as a downburst at the ball fields on the southwest side of Wheaton continued east damaging outbuildings and homes through Wheaton. Winds increased to 90 mph as the storm approached the Lucas Oil race track, damaging grandstands, overturning over 20 recreational vehicles, and snapping dozens of trees.
May 2015FloodWheatland$45,000Several roads and low water crossing sustained damage due to flood water. This report will contain the damage estimates for the entire county.
November 2010Tornado (EF0)Wheatland$25,000An EF-0 tornado produced 80 mph winds causing moderate damage to a roof and destroyed one shed.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindWheatland$15,000Several large trees were blown down in town including one of which fell on a home. Minor roof damage occurred to City Hall and the windows were blown out of a cafe.
August 2018LightningWheatland$10,000The Wheatland Fire Department reported that a lightning strike caused a fire at the Wheatland Fire Department. Lightning plots at the time of the storm showed several strikes occurred from a thunderstorm close to the site of the strike.
September 2000Thunderstorm WindWheatland$10,000no account filed
August 2011Thunderstorm WindWheatland$5,000Media relayed a public report of a large tree down on a house.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindWheatland$2,000no account filed
March 2017Thunderstorm WindWheatland$1,000There was structural damage reported near Wheatland.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindWheatland$1,000Severe thunderstorm wind gusts destroyed a shed and knocked a window out of a school.
July 2023HailWheatland-Hail up to quarters in size was reported.
March 2021Flash FloodWheatland-Highway B in Wheaton was closed due to flooding of a low water area.
July 2021FloodWheatland-Route AA was closed due to flooding at Hogles Creek.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindWheatland-Multiple trees were reported down.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindWheatland-Numerous large tree limbs were blown down around the Wheatland area.
June 2015Flash FloodWheatland-Highway patrol reported water over the road near the intersection of Missouri 83 and County Road 190.
June 2015Flash FloodWheatland-Highway patrol reported water over the road along Highway B north of Wheatland.
May 2010Flash FloodWheatland-Highway 83 near the intersection of County Road 190 was water covered.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindWheatland-Several trees were blown down from thunderstorm wind gusts.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindWheatland-One large tree was knocked down from thunderstorm wind gusts.
March 2008Flash FloodWheatland-Saturated antecedent conditions existed prior to this period of excessive rainfall. Some regional locations experienced record rainfall totals from February and March. One to three inches of rain fell across the county causing widespread flash flooding of low water crossings, county roads, and low lying areas near creeks and rivers. Ultimately, all locations that typically flood during periods of excessive rainfall were flooded.
April 2007FloodWheatland-Heavy rain caused a low water crossing on Road 190 near Wheatland to become flooded and impassable.
April 2008HailWheatland-no account filed
April 2008HailWheatland-no account filed
May 2001HailWheatland-no account filed
April 1998HailWheatland-no account filed
November 1996Flash FloodWheatland-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hickory 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
Galmey4.1 miles20
Hermitage4.5 miles20
Butcher4.8 miles20
White Cloud5.4 miles20
Quincy5.7 miles20
Carsons Corner5.9 miles20
Elkton6.6 miles25
Round Bottom Ford (historical)6.7 miles20

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 WheatlandAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q383916The 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 728679. 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.