Neosho, MO Night Sky Brightness
Neosho, MO's night sky, measured from orbit
Satellite radiance puts Neosho in the suburban edge band. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. That's brighter than 13.1% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.
Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things, explained in the Bortle scale guide.
The nearest darker sky to Neosho
27 miles from Neosho, straight-line, sits Bella Vista, AR, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Neosho's own suburban edge band.
Bella Vista, AR is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
How Neosho compares nationally
Neosho, MO has a population of about 13,782, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Neosho's position, 417 of 3,206, darkest to brightest, comes from the sampling method the methodology guide sets out.