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Wright City, Missouri

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Hickory Grove Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63390. It lies near Skunk Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Wright City quadrangle. 4,881 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 732 feet above sea level.

Wright City within Warren County

On record in Wright City

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 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Wright City grew from 3,119 to 4,881 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
20103,119
20204,881+1,762 (+56%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

41 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Wright City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 108 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 burning19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
9 September 1996Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
23 September 1992Smoking1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
13 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation127130-10952-08042015-1406
14 August 1996Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
26 July 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
30 May 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation137292-10952-05302016-1646

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Warren 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 Wright City: 17 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Unknown - PbLeadPast Producer
Camp Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Fred Bolleger PitClayPast Producer
Henry Krueger PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Warren County

Storms near this place

33 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wright City in 33 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 15 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 lightning. 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 2001Tornado (F0)Wright City$20,000A small tornado formed briefly just west of Wright City. One mobile home on a sales lot was overturned.
April 1994Thunderstorm WindWright City$5,000Numerous trees and power lines were knocked down, along with reports of one-inch-diameter hail. Reported by ham radio spotters.
April 2025FloodWright City-A member of the public measured 1.32 inches having fallen 1 mile southwest of Warrenton just before reports of flooding started coming in. All reports came from the emergency manager and all locations listed typically flood when heavy rain falls. Spots include: Highway O at Walnut Crest, Highway F at South Stracks Church Road, Schreckengast Road at Cedar Lake Cellars, and Highway J at BMC Stone Quarry.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindWright City-Thunderstorm winds snapped a weak tree at its base at Coorperative Way just south of I-70.
March 2022Thunderstorm WindWright City-Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees as well as numerous tree limbs around town. Also, several fences were damaged.
August 2020Flash FloodWright City-Up to four inches of rain fell in about a two and a half hour time period causing flash flooding. Several roads were flooded in and around the Wright City area, including the intersection of State Highways M and H. One road, Roelker Road south of intersection with Appaloosa Way, was completely washed out from the flash flood. Also, Edgewater Circle was flooded in several locations and sustained minor damage.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindWright City-Thunderstorm winds blew part of the roof off of a mobile home.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindWright City-Thunderstorm winds blew down two large trees onto Bell Road. Also, a couple of power poles were blown down. Further east in town, several trees and numerous tree limbs were blown down. A church lost its steeple due to the winds.
May 2008HailWright City-Storm spotters reported hail up to golf ball size.
October 2007Thunderstorm WindWright City-A tree was blown down onto Highway F south of Wright City. It knocked down a power line as well.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindWright City-Thunderstorm wind gusts blew the tin roof off of a storage building. The tin damaged a car and a nearby business sign.
June 2005HailWright City-Storm spotters reported 3/4 inch hail.
November 2005HailWright City-Local law enforcement reported 3/4 inch hail.
April 2003HailWright City-Storm spotters reported 1 inch hail.
April 1994HailWright City-Numerous trees and power lines were knocked down, along with reports of one-inch-diameter hail. Reported by ham radio spotters.
April 1994HailWright City-Numerous trees and power lines were knocked down, along with reports of one-inch-diameter hail. Reported by ham radio spotters.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindWright City-no account filed
March 2019HailWright City-no account filed
June 2018HailWright City-no account filed
May 2014HailWright City-no account filed
September 2012HailWright City-no account filed
April 2012HailWright City-no account filed
May 2011HailWright City-no account filed
April 2011HailWright City-no account filed
April 2006HailWright City-no account filed
March 2003HailWright City-no account filed
March 2003LightningWright City-no account filed
June 2003Thunderstorm WindWright City-no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindWright City-no account filed
February 1999Thunderstorm WindWright City-no account filed
August 1999Thunderstorm WindWright City-no account filed
August 1999Thunderstorm WindWright City-no account filed
November 1998Thunderstorm WindWright City-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Warren 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
Innsbrook4.4 miles21
Truesdale5.9 miles21
Warrenton6.5 miles21
Lippstadt Community8.1 miles21
Macedonia Neighborhood10.5 miles21
Prairieview (historical)10.6 miles21
Aspenhoff11.1 miles21
Pendleton11.4 miles21

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 Wright CityAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q966192The 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 736368. 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.