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St. Louis city, Missouri

64 topographic sheets cover 69 settlements here.

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From the record

The county-history sources name 20 people · people the book names include L A. W. Constitution Article (St. Louis City, 1895) (machine-read).

Sources: the county history on the Internet Archive

Missouri within the United States
St. Louis city within Missouri

What the record shows

  • 1,694 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 69 populated places in this county; 69 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.
  • 5 public-domain county histories, 1861 to 1895, supply 163,964 words of narrative reproduced here.

Wildfire, 2006 to 2014

3 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 3 of them, burning about 2 acres. None started naturally and none was recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The five largest, by the area the report gives. None of them was recorded as arson.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
22 March 2014Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 October 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
27 February 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1958 to 2026

60 of 286 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 286 reports for this county, causing 19 deaths, 362 injuries and about $1,713,497,000 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind129
Hail102
Flash Flood33
Tornado8
Heavy Rain5
Lightning5
Flood4

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 1959Tornado (F4)not stated11 killed, 175 hurt, $25,000,000no account filed
May 2025Tornado (EF0)Tower Grove4 killed, 38 hurt, $1,600,000,000The tornado was its widest and strongest in St. Louis City. After it crossed into the City, the tornado caused major tree and structural damage in and around Forest Park and its northern neighborhoods. The then EF-3 tornado continued northeast into North St. Louis City where 4 individuals lost their lives. Continuing northeast still, the tornado began to weaken. Overall, thousands of buildings were damaged in St. Louis City costing an estimated $1.6 billion in damages.
April 2012Thunderstorm WindSt Louis1 killed, 100 hurtAbout 100 people were injured and one person was killed when a tent collapsed on a crowd that was gathered after a Cardinals game at Kilroy's Sports Bar (720 South Seventh Street). Seventeen people were taken to area hospitals and treated for their injuries. According to radar data and eye witness reports, outflow winds of 50 to 60 mph from the rear flank downdraft of the supercell thunderstorm arrived between 3:40 p.m. and 3:50 p.m. causing the localized damage near Busch Stadium.
July 2020LightningCarondelet1 killed, 3 hurtAs storms were moving through the region, four men were struck by lightning while at Marquette Park in the Dutchtown neighborhood of St. Louis. A witness said that the lightning bolt struck one man directly and the others were impacted by the force. Two were able to begin performing CPR on the one who was directly hit. All four were rushed to area hospitals with one person being in critical condition. The man in critical condition died 11 days later on July 30th. He was 28 years old.
July 2022Flash FloodCarondelet1 killed, $85,000,000Up to 9 inches of rain fell in a period of 8 hours causing catastrophic flooding in portions of the city of St. Louis. Numerous roads were flooded. There were multiple swift water rescues and scores of flooded interstates and homes across the City of St. Louis. One fatality was at the intersection of Skinker Boulevard and Enright Avenue, just north of the Delmar Loop, where a 60 year old man drowned after driving into the flooded roadway. Firefighters helped or rescued around 70 residents. Property damage was very significant in some hard-hit areas, including the southwest part of the city where 14 to 15 homes experienced significant flooding. A large number of unoccupied vehicles were damaged/destroyed due to the flooding as well. The Metro Link station at Forest Park Parkway and DeBaliviere Avenue was flooded causing $35 million in damage to a two car train, tracks, towers, vehicles and equipment at the station. Dollar amount damage so far is estimated around $85 million.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindTower Grove1 killed, $500,000Widespread wind damage across the northern portions of the city as a line of storms moved through. Numerous large trees, tree limbs, power poles and power lines were blown down. A woman who was waiting for the storm to pass was killed when a large tree was blown over, crushing the car in the alley of the 4100 block of Chouteau Avenue. Two historical cemeteries, Calvary and Bellefontaine, sustained widespread damage. Around 100 trees at Calvary and nearly 40 significant trees and 100 smaller ones at Bellefontaine, were either uprooted or snapped off near the base, as well as numerous tree limbs. Several gravestones were either damaged or destroyed by fallen trees and/or tree limbs. A large tree was uprooted in the 3000 block of Longfellow Boulevard, landing on a house causing major roof damage. A couple of power poles were snapped off along Hall Street. Over 100,000 customers (St. Louis County/St. Louis City) were without power due to this storm. It took a little over 4 days to restore power to all of them.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindSt Louis30 hurt, $259,000Thunderstorm winds caused a partial collapse of a building that was due to be renovated in Lacledes Landing just north of the Arch. Some of the bricks landed on the Eads Bridge causing the bridge to be temporarily closed to traffic. On the Arch grounds 120 trees were blown over and 90 others were severely damaged. At Busch Stadium, the infield tarp was torn and 30 people sustained injuries due to flying debris, including trash cans and vendor stands that were blown over within the stadium. Four of the people injured had to be hospitalized briefly. Also, numerous trees, tree limbs, street signs and power lines were blown down throughout the city. By the time the storms had moved south of the St. Louis area, an estimated 500,000 customers were without electric power. It took almost a week to get all the power restored. It was the worst power outage in the history of the area.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindSt Louis3 hurtThunderstorm wind gusts knocked down three walls of a home that was undergoing rehabilitation in North St. Louis. Three workers suffered minor injuries from flying debris.
October 2017Thunderstorm WindCarondelet2 hurtWidespread wind damage across the city. Numerous reports of power lines down as well as a few power poles. A gas station canopy collapsed near the intersection of St. Louis Avenue and Vandeventer Avenue. Firefighters said two victims were taken to a hospital. One victim was a pedestrian on the street, the other was inside a car at the gas station. The driver of a truck that was one of two vehicles stuck under the canopy said a 28-year-old woman was sitting in the backseat when the glass shattered out of the back window and that's when she was injured. She was one of the people taken to the hospital. A large tree near St. Louis University was snapped off near the base.
May 2010LightningTower Grove2 hurtLightning struck a tree on the southwest side of Forest Park. Part of the tree fell onto an occupied car. Three people were in the car at the time. Two people sustained minor injuries, with one of them being take to the hospital nearby for observation.
March 2007Tornado (EF0)St Louis2 hurtThe tornado initially touched down south of the intersection of Flora Place and South 39th Street. Several trees were damaged in this location. The tornado traveled to the northeast and caused additional large tree limb damage east of the intersection of Shaw Boulevard and South 39th Street. The tornado lifted and traveled over I-44 and then dropped back down on Blaine Avenue causing partial roof damage to three homes just west of South Grand Blvd. The tornado briefly lifted again...then came back down at the Saint Louis University Medical Center causing minor roof damage to one building and blew out a number of windows at two parking garages east of South Grand Blvd on the medical campus. A large lamp post and several large tree limbs were blown down in this location as well. The tornado lifted again and then touched down one last time damaging a large billboard west of the intersection of I-64 and Jefferson Avenue. Two people driving on I-64 were injured from the flying debris and were taken to the hospital for minor cuts. Traffic lights were damaged on Jefferson Avenue south of I-64.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindSt Louis2 hurtThunderstorm winds caused a partial collapse of a building in the Soulard area...at the intersection of Lemp Avenue and Sidney Street...which fell onto the adjacent restaurant causing two people to sustain major injuries. They both had to be hospitalized for a time.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindSt Louis2 hurtno account filed
July 2010LightningSt Louis1 hurtA 54 year old man was struck by lightning while working on a building in the 2000 block of Chouteau Avenue. The man was using a rotary tool that touched a water pipe during a lightning strike. The man received burns and a tingling sensation in his arm. He was taken to a local hospital for observation.
July 2010LightningTower Grove1 hurtA 50 year old woman was struck by lightning while working outside near the Jewel Box in Forest Park. She was sitting on the back of a truck with her feet touching the ground when she was struck. The lightning went up her foot and through her legs. She was alert and conscious when the paramedics arrived but was taken to a local hospital for evaluation.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindCarondelet1 hurtStorm spotters reported a few trees down in the south part of the City of St. Louis. At Penrod and Jamieson avenues in southwest St. Louis, a tree limb fell on a sport utility vehicle, causing minor injuries to the driver.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindTower Grove$500,000As the line of severe storms moved through St. Louis, there were numerous large trees blown down on the west side of town in and around Forest Park. One large tree was blown down in the 6900 block of Dale Avenue, landing on 3 homes. One sustained major damage with the back half of the home crushed. No one was home at the time, but their dog was briefly trapped and was rescued unharmed. The two other homes hit sustained moderate damage. Also, several large trees were blown down in Tower Grove Park area. One large tree landed on an unoccupied pickup truck, destroying it.
February 1999HailSt Louis$500,000no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindSt Louis$350,000no account filed
August 2025Flash FloodSt Louis$300,000Heavy rain resulted in 15 cars being stranded on I-70 at Saint Louis Ave with the eastbound lane being closed for 30 minutes while firemen worked on clearing drains. Additional street flooding was reported to the west along Saint Louis Ave to Jefferson Ave where 5 to 6 inches of rainwater covered the street. Jefferson Ave was closed at Madison St due to water covering the roadway. To the southeast, water covered the roadway at 13th St at North Tucker Blvd and 13th Street at Cole Street. MoDOT also reported water over the roadway at I-44 and I-64 near the Poplar Street Bridge, though no cars were reported stranded here.
February 1999HailSt Louis$250,000no account filed
September 1958Tornado (F1)not stated$250,000no account filed
April 2025Flash FloodBaden$200,000An emergency manager reported multiple vehicles trapped in high water on I-70 eastbound under the East Carrie Street overpass. This is a low area. A vehicle was also trapped in flood waters in St. Louis at Lindell Boulevard and Vandeventer Avenue. These areas received between 2 and 4 inches of rain.
May 2025Flash FloodTower Grove$100,000Two of three lanes of I-64 westbound at Forest Park and Hampton became flooded and impassable. Several cars became stuck in flood water. This is a low spot and typically has high water when heavy rain falls.
July 2010Flash FloodBaden$100,000Up to 4 inches of rain fell in about an hour and a half causing flash flooding over northern portions of the city of St. Louis. Interstate 70 was closed at Salisbury Street, Goodfellow Blvd., and South Florrisant Road due to flooding. Also, numerous basements in the area were flooded due to sewer backup and local roads were flooded damaging several cars.
November 2024Flash FloodSt Louis$60,000Heavy rain caused water over major roadways such as I-44 at Nebraska Ave and I-70 at Carrie Avenue. On Skinker Blvd, vehicles were stranded due to flash flooding.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindCarondelet$30,000Thunderstorm winds snapped off a large tree. The tree landed on an unoccupied car causing major damage. Also, several other large trees were uprooted, some of which pulled down power lines.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindSt Louis$25,000Damaging winds were reported in an area from I-70 and Kingshighway Blvd. southeast into the heart of the city. At the intersection of Pine Street and N. 17th Street, the steeple on the Centenary United Methodist Church collapsed to the roadway below. Also, in a park area near 14th and Pine Street, a large healthy tree was blown over.
May 1983Tornado (F3)not stated$25,000no account filed
August 2021Flash FloodBaden$20,000Up to 3 inches of rain fell in about a 2 hour period causing flash flooding in portions of the city. Numerous roads were flooded including Chouteau Avenue. Flooding was reported on eastbound I-64 near Grand and on Lindell in the Central West End. Several cars became stuck in floodwaters on Lindell near Vandeventer. There was also flooding outside KIPP St. Louis High School on Jefferson Avenue, where water seeped into the atrium.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindCarondelet$10,000Thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs on the south side of the city. One large tree limb fell onto an unoccupied car, breaking the back windshield.
September 2002Thunderstorm WindSt Louis$10,000no account filed
September 2002LightningSt Louis$5,000no account filed
August 2025Flash FloodBaden$1,000Flash flooding led to the road closures of several interstates including I-44, I-55, I-64, and I-70.
June 2008Flash FloodSt Louis$1,000Up to two inches of rain fell in a short amount of time over the city. Several streets were flooded for a time in Forest Park and a foot of water was reported on the eastbound lanes of Interstate 64 near the intersection with Kingshighway by the St. Louis Science Center.
June 2013FloodBaden$1,000no account filed
April 2026Thunderstorm WindTower Grove-Thunderstorm winds downed one power line on McCausland and one small tree at IKEA.
April 2026HailSt Louis-Picture of hailstone received on X from near Kingshighway and Martin Luther King Drive.
March 2024HailCarondelet-A swath of large hail up to an inch in diameter fell across the southern portions of the City of St. Louis.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindCarondelet-Thunderstorm winds downed tree limbs up to 4 inches in diameter.
May 2024HailCarondelet-Reports of 1 to 2 inch hailstones were relegated to south St. Louis City south of I-44.
November 2024Heavy RainSt Louis-A mesonet station in south St. Louis City measured 7.46 inches of storm total rainfall.
May 2023HailCarondelet-Large hail was reported across the southern portions of the City of St. Louis.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindCarondelet-Thunderstorm winds snapped off several large trees across the city and blew down numerous tree limbs.
May 2023Flash FloodCarondelet-Between 3 and 6 inches rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding over southern portions of the city. The fire department reported that several vehicles were trapped in standing water in the Carondelet neighborhood. On I-64 at Tamm Avenue overpass, flash flooding caused standing water on the highway. Several vehicles became stranded in this location after trying to drive through the flood waters.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindTower Grove-Thunderstorm winds damaged a large section of the roof and one wall on a church. Also, several trees and numerous tree limbs were blown down in the Sherman Park area.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindCarondelet-Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous tree limbs and power lines, especially on the south side of the city.
July 2022Flash FloodBaden-Up to five inches fell in a three hour period causing flash flooding across the northern half of the city of St. Louis. Numerous roads were flooded including Washington Avenue near the intersection with Walton Avenue, south bound Skinker near Forest Park, Lindell Boulevard near Vandeventer Avenue, South Vandeventer Avenue just south of I-64 and Kingshighway Boulevard between Natural Bridge Avenue and St. Louis Avenue. Flash flooding in the 4700 block of Washington Avenue flooded a local daycare. The fire department had to rescue 15 children and 3 adults from the facility. No injuries were reported. Also, several dozen motorists had to be rescued from their flooded vehicles. Five city schools were damaged due to flooding. The flooding affected schools from north St. Louis to south. Soldan High School had at least 2 feet of water in the cafeteria on the basement floor. At least 4 businesses sustained water damage from the flooding in the Central West End. Both directions of Interstate 64 at Hampton Avenue and eastbound Interstate 70 at Union Boulevard were closed for part of the afternoon due to flooding.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindTower Grove-Damaging thunderstorm winds moved across the western and southern portions of the City of St. Louis. Several trees and numerous tree limbs were blown down. Several trees were blown down across McCausland Avenue.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindSt Louis-Thunderstorm winds caused a swath of damage across southern portions of the City of St. Louis, from the intersection of Utah Street and Nebraska Avenue to S. Broadway, just south of intersection with I-55. At least 12 homes and other structures sustained minor to moderate roof damage in this area, especially on Indiana Avenue near Cherokee Street. Also, numerous tree limbs and several power lines were blown down in this area. A couple of cars sustained damage from flying debris and falling trees. No injuries were reported.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindTower Grove-Thunderstorm winds blew down up to 40 large trees, numerous tree limbs and power lines across portions of the city. A power pole was blown down in the 3800 block of Shaw Boulevard. Several unoccupied vehicles sustained damage from fallen trees and tree limbs.
August 2020Flash FloodBaden-Up to three inches of rain fell in about a one to two hour period causing flash flooding. Numerous roads were flooded including the Forest Park Parkway exit to Market Street, as well as, the intersection of Vandeventer and Delmar Blvd, and a section of Lindell Blvd. just west of Vandeventer Avenue. Several cars stalled out after being driven into the flooded sections of roadways around the city.
August 2020Flash FloodTower Grove-Up to four inches of rain fell in a two hour period causing flash flooding. Several roads were flooded in the southern portions of the city including Watson Road and roads on the eastern end of Carondelet Park near Interstate 55.
July 2019Flash FloodBaden-Between 4 and 5 inches fell in just 3 hours, especially over the western sections of the citiy of St. Louis. Numerous roads were flooded including Interstate 64 between the Skinker, Hampton, and Kingshighway exits. Eastbound Interstate 70 between the Kingshighway and Union exits was flooded. Another area that was flooded was along Riverview Drive near intersection with Scranton Avenue.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindTower Grove-Thunderstorm winds blew several power lines and a large tree on the northwest side of the city.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindSt Louis-Thunderstorm winds blew down a large portion of a tree in Hyde Park. Report was received via Twitter with a picture accompanying it.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindSt Louis-A wide swath of damaging winds moved southward across the City of St. Louis. Numerous trees, tree limbs and power lines were blown down. One large tree was blown down near the round-about heading into Forest Park near the zoo. Another large tree fell and was blocking Fountain Avenue. Just north of downtown a light pole was snapped off at the base.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindBaden-Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree onto Gast Place. The tree also took down several power lines.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindTower Grove-Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous tree limbs and a couple of trees. One of the trees fell onto a power line near Franz Park.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindCarondelet-Thunderstorm winds blew down multiple tents and canopies at a church event. Also, several trees and numerous tree limbs were blown down. One large tree fell onto a house causing moderate damage. On Loran Avenue, a tree fell onto an unoccupied car damaging it.

The townships, in 1876

163,964 words

Saint Louis : the Future Great City of the World : with Biographical Sketches of the Representative Men and Women of St. Louis and Missouri devotes a chapter to each township: its boundaries and streams, who settled it and when, the mills, the schools and the churches. The one chapter is reproduced here in full. Each row shows the township's own shape and where it lies in the county, drawn from the Census Bureau's boundary. Which settlements belong to which township is computed from that same boundary, not taken from the book.

Shape and position in the county TownshipSettlements in it LengthSections
St. Louis CityAcademy, Baden, Benton, Benton Park West, Broadway, Cabanne Place, Carondelet, Carr Square, Central West End, Cheltenham, Cherokee Park, Clayton-Tamm, Clifton Heights, College Hill, Columbus Square, Compton Heights, Covenant Blu-Grand Center, De Baliviere, Dutchtown, Eads Square Park, Ellendale, Forest Park Southeast, Fountain Park, Fox Park, Gratiot, Greater Ville, Hamilton Heights, Hi-Pointe, Hyde Park, Kings Oak, Kingsway East, Kingsway West, Kosciusko, La Salle, Lacledes Landing, Lafayette Square, Lewis Place, Marina Villa, Mark Twain, McKinley Heights, Midtown, Mount Pleasant, Near North Riverfront, North Pointe, North Riverfront, O'Fallon, Old North Saint Louis, Peabody Darst Webbe, Penrose, Rock Springs, Saint Louis, Saint Louis Place, Shaw, Skinker, Skinker-De Baliviere, Soulard, Southhampton, The Hill, The Ville, Tiffany, Tower Grove, Tower Grove East, Vandeventer, Visitation Park, Walnut Park East, Walnut Park West, Wells-Goodfellow, West End, Wydown Skinker163,964 words186

The people it describes

20 named

Everyone Saint Louis : the Future Great City of the World : with Biographical Sketches of the Representative Men and Women of St. Louis and Missouri stops to write about, with the section that describes them. Among them are the men who founded the place and governed the Territory. Each name opens the passage itself, in the words of 1876.

Every populated place in the county

69

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.

Provenance

  • Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
  • Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
  • Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
  • 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.