Worth, Missouri
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Middlefork Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64499. The Survey maps it on the Grant City quadrangle. 65 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 922 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresWorth grew from 63 to 65 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 | 63 | |
| 2020 | 65 | +2 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1942 USGS Grant City quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Grant City quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Grant City quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Maryville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
21 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Worth between 1992 and 2017, burning about 1,032 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 | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 June 1992 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 12 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 200 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 300 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 3 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 2 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Worth: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
14 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Worth in 14 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 10 hail, 2 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2005 | Tornado (F1) | Worth | $175,000 | Tornado crossed into Worth county from Gentry county 1 mile south of Worth and then tracked northeast into Harrison county 4 miles northeast of Allendale. Intermittent F0 damage to trees and power lines was observed. However...F1 damage to two farmsteads were observed with numerous outbuildings destroyed. Chickens were killed and a 4" by 6" post was driven through a pickup truck. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Worth | - | Power lines downed with power outages west of Worth. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Worth | - | Power poles were snapped near Worth. |
| August 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Worth | - | Brief tornado touchdown in open field. No damage or injuries. |
| May 2000 | Hail | Worth | - | Citizens reported dime size hail and 6-inch diameter tree limbs down. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Worth | - | Dime-size hail was reported by the county sheriff's office 2 miles west of Worth. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Worth | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Worth | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Worth | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Worth | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Worth | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Worth | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Worth | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Worth | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prohibition City | 2.4 miles | 12 | |
| Oxford | 5.2 miles | 11 | |
| Mount Waller | 5.8 miles | 12 | |
| Grant City | 6.0 miles | 12 | |
| Denver | 6.5 miles | 12 | |
| Isadora | 9.2 miles | 12 | |
| Allendale | 9.9 miles | 12 | |
| Irena | 10.4 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 Worth | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q954979 | 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 730254. 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.






