Missouri City, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Stafford-Missouri City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77489. The Survey maps it on the Missouri City quadrangle. 74,259 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 79 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresMissouri City grew from 67,358 to 74,259 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 | 67,358 | |
| 2020 | 74,259 | +6,901 (+10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Sugar Land quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Missouri City quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Houston quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Missouri City quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
40 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Missouri City between 2006 and 2020, burning about 369 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 37 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E073 |
| 14 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E073 |
| 9 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E080 |
| 28 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E048 |
| 4 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E059 |
| 10 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E080 |
| 1 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | A48D59D68E48E59E68E73E82L51L68M10SF24 |
| 24 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E048 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Missouri City: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Halite, Bromine, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Ridge Mine | Halite, Bromine | Producer | 1903 | |
| Pugmill #3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
12 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Missouri City in 12 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 5 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2001 | Hail | Missouri City | $2,000,000 | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Missouri City | $100,000 | Wind damage occurred along the Joann Street area and included a construction company and nursery, with significant damage to an awning and a metal roof. There were also downed trees. Damage was pushed toward thew northeast. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Missouri City | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree onto a home on Mackworth Drive. Nearby, two doors were bent at a storage unit facility on Mula Circle. |
| April 1993 | Tornado (F1) | Missouri City | $50,000 | A storm spotter reported tornado in the Glen Lakes Road Area. Considerable roof damage occurred to the Lane Elementary School and to numerous homes. Trees and fences were blown down. A tornado was reported in Orchard, no damage indicated. |
| April 2004 | Hail | Missouri City | $15,000 | Quarter-size hail reported at the Quail Valley subdivision. |
| July 1998 | Hail | Missouri City | $5,000 | 3/4" hail and 60 mph winds at U.S. 90A & Gessner. |
| April 2003 | Hail | Missouri City | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Missouri City | $2,000 | A CWOP site (KC5KAW) reported downed fences from this wind gust. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Missouri City | - | Quarter sized hail was reported via mPing. |
| October 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Missouri City | - | Multiple trees were downed in the vicinity of Independence Blvd in Ft Bend County. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Missouri City | - | Trees and large limbs were downed by severe storm winds on Pike Road and just north within the Vaccaro Manor subdivision. |
| August 2006 | Funnel Cloud | Missouri City | - | Sighted near the intersection of FM 2234 and McHard Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingsway | 0.5 miles | 11 | |
| Vacarro Manor | 0.8 miles | 14 | |
| Fondren Grove | 1.1 miles | 14 | |
| Stafford | 1.1 miles | 11 | |
| Missouri City Estates | 1.3 miles | 14 | |
| Hunters Glen | 1.5 miles | 11 | |
| Fifth Street | 1.6 miles | 11 | |
| Chasewood | 2.0 miles | 11 |
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 Missouri City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q980055 | 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 1374972. 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.






