Williamsville, Missouri
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Williams Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63967. It stands on Williams Creek. The Survey maps it on the Williamsville quadrangle. 279 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 410 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresWilliamsville fell from 342 to 279 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 | 342 | |
| 2020 | 279 | -63 (-18%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1934 USGS Williamsville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1934 USGS Williamsville quadrangle1:48000
- 1940 USGS Williamsville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Williamsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
55 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Williamsville between 1993 and 2019, burning about 1,094 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 35 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 | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | WAKEUP |
| 14 September 1999 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | POWERLINE |
| 7 August 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | HOT FOOT |
| 8 July 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 13 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | HORSCH RIDGE |
| 6 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | WILEY KING |
| 13 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.7 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | POWERLINE 49 |
| 5 June 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 9.5 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | TRAM EAST 1 |
| 5 June 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 12 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | TRAM EAST 2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 95 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 95 workings within 5 miles of Williamsville: 64 past producers, 24 prospects, 7 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Flagstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Usfs Land | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Farquher Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Usfs Land | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Usfs Land | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Usfs Land | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Usfs Land | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Usfs Land | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Usfs Land | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Aldrich Land | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
28 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Williamsville in 28 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 13 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1997 | Hail | Williamsville | $50,000 | A severe thunderstorm tracked across southern Wayne County, producing nickel to golf-ball size hail near the Butler County line. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Williamsville | $10,000 | Numerous trees were blown down. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Williamsville | $7,000 | Many trees and power lines were down in the southeast corner of Wayne County, including Wappapello State Park and the Wappapello Dam area. Two houses received minor damage. Trees were down on U.S. Highway 67 and Missouri Highway 172 within a few miles of the Butler County line. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Williamsville | $5,000 | Tree tops were broken off large trees in Williamsville which was in the hook echo portion of a supercell storm. |
| October 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Williamsville | $3,000 | Trees were down along Highway 49. |
| January 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Williamsville | $3,000 | Trees were blown down across E Highway outside of Greenville and across A Highway outside of Williamsville. |
| April 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Williamsville | $3,000 | Trees were down near Silva and along Highway 49 in Williamsville. |
| February 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Williamsville | $1,000 | The antenna was ripped off a home. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Williamsville | - | Hail to the size of golf balls fell in and north of Williamsville. |
| May 2024 | Flash Flood | Williamsville | - | Water flowed over the road in Williamsville at CR-417 and MO-49. |
| July 2024 | Flash Flood | Williamsville | - | Water flowed over Hwy A 2 miles from Hwy V in Williamsville. Radar estimated 3 hour rainfall totals from 1500-1800CST were up to around 4 inches. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Williamsville | - | Quarter-size hail was reported in a swath from around Williamsville to just south of Greenville. |
| May 2023 | Funnel Cloud | Williamsville | - | A funnel cloud was reported in southern Wayne County, between Williamsville and U.S. Highway 67 south of Greenville. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Williamsville | - | Dime-size hail fell from this storm, which was the same storm that produced a tornado northwest and north of Poplar Bluff. |
| August 2016 | Flood | Williamsville | - | Considerable flooding of low-lying areas was reported as a result of several rounds of thunderstorms over the past few days. Missouri State Route 49 was closed near Williamsville due to flooding. The co-operative observer at Williamsville measured 15.53 inches over the four-day period ending early on the morning of the 16th. |
| November 2015 | Heavy Rain | Williamsville | - | The automated rain gage on the Black River near Williamsville measured 5.42 inches in the past 48 hours. |
| March 2006 | Flash Flood | Williamsville | - | A couple of state roads were closed by flooding, including Route C near Silva and Route FF near Greenville. |
| July 1998 | Hail | Williamsville | - | Baseball size hail was reported by Wayne County Emergency Management. |
| November 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Williamsville | - | Two trees were blown down. |
| May 1997 | Flash Flood | Williamsville | - | Thunderstorms continually redeveloped over Wayne County. The storms produced copious amounts of rainfall, which amounted to as much as 5 inches in 3 hours, according to radar estimates. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Williamsville | - | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Hail | Williamsville | - | no account filed |
| March 2018 | Hail | Williamsville | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Williamsville | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Williamsville | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Williamsville | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Williamsville | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Williamsville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bull Run Camp | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| Browns Crossing | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| Keener Cave | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Kerrigan (historical) | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Barlow (historical) | 4.5 miles | 17 | |
| Ladero | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Upalika | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Taskee Station (historical) | 5.5 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 Williamsville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q965978 | 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 752918. 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.







