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Arnold, Missouri

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Arnold Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63010. The Survey maps it on the Maxville quadrangle. 20,858 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 604 feet above sea level.

Arnold within Jefferson County

Population over time

2 figures

Arnold grew from 20,808 to 20,858 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
201020,808
202020,858+50 (+0%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 25 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

102 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Arnold between 2005 and 2008, burning about 38 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 21 were 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/undetermined60
Arson/incendiarism21
Recreation and ceremony7
Debris and open burning6
Smoking4
Natural4

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 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
26 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
21 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
15 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
11 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
1 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
6 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
5 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Arnold: 13 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 - LeadLeadPast Producer
Simpson South Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lemay QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

31 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arnold in 31 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 19 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 death and 2 injuries. 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
August 2020Thunderstorm WindArnold1 killedA line of severe storms moved across Jefferson County. Numerous trees, tree limbs and power lines were blown down. In Pevely, a 51 year old woman was killed when a tree was uprooted by the thunderstorm winds and it fell on her. She had been helping her boyfriend move a hard top from a Jeep to prevent damage to it from the approaching severe storms. The boyfriend was not injured by the fallen tree. In Arnold, a large maple tree was blown over onto a house. The house suffered damage to the awning and gutters before rolling off the slanted roof. Just southwest of Festus a tree was blown down onto Route CC. Several unoccupied vehicles sustained damage from fallen trees and tree limbs.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindArnold2 hurtSeveral large trees were blown down. One tree fell onto a home destroying it and causing two people in the home to be injured.
April 1994HailArnold$500,000County officials reported golf ball-size hail and wind gusts to 60 mph in Cedar Hill. A local television station reported hail up to softball-size near Arnold a few minutes later. Several cars were damaged and house windows broke out.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindArnold$5,000no account filed
May 2016Thunderstorm WindArnold-Thunderstorm winds blew down several large trees and numerous power lines in an area between Arnold and Imperial.
September 2010Thunderstorm WindArnold-Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous trees across the northeastern portions of the county.
February 2006HailArnold-A storm spotter reported 1 inch hail in Arnold.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindArnold-Numerous trees, tree limbs and power lines were blown down.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindArnold-The public reported trees and power lines down.
September 2001Thunderstorm WindArnold-The Missouri Highway Patrol reported trees down southwest of Arnold.
February 2000HailArnold-Storm spotters reported 1 inch hail.
April 1998HailArnold-Spotters reported 3/4 inch hail.
April 1994HailArnold-County emergency management officials reported one-inch-diameter hail.
March 2025HailArnold-no account filed
February 2016HailArnold-no account filed
April 2016HailArnold-no account filed
April 2014HailArnold-no account filed
August 2012HailArnold-no account filed
July 2012HailArnold-no account filed
April 2011HailArnold-no account filed
April 2010HailArnold-no account filed
June 2009HailArnold-no account filed
April 2007HailArnold-no account filed
July 2005HailArnold-no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindArnold-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindArnold-no account filed
April 2000HailArnold-no account filed
April 2000HailArnold-no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindArnold-no account filed
April 1998HailArnold-no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindArnold-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
Maxville0.6 miles25
Ten Brook1.5 miles28
Beck1.5 miles25
Flamm City1.6 miles28
Lakeside (historical)2.4 miles28
Byers2.6 miles28
Spring Forest2.8 miles25
Wickes3.0 miles28

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 ArnoldAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q602688The 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 713393. 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.