Breckenridge Hills, Missouri
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Midland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63114. The Survey maps it on the Clayton quadrangle. 4,458 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 597 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBreckenridge Hills fell from 4,746 to 4,458 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 | 4,746 | |
| 2020 | 4,458 | -288 (-6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 20 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.
- 1933 USGS Clayton quadrangle1:24000
- 1941 USGS Clayton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Clayton quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS St Louis quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Breckenridge Hills in 2014, burning about 1 acre 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Breckenridge Hills: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alton Brick Co Pit & Plant | Clay | Producer | ||
| Evans and Howard Mine Number Five | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Breckenridge Hills in 8 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Breckenridge Hills | $500,000 | A line of severe storms moved through St. Louis County. There were numerous reports of trees, tree limbs and power lines blown down in Bridgeton, St. Ann, Overland, Olivette, University City and Richmond Heights. One tree was blown onto a house at the intersection of St. Henry and St. Sebastian Lanes and another one onto a house at the intersection of Ashby Road and San Carlos Lane, both in St. Ann. One of the homes was destroyed and the other sustained moderate damage. No injuries were reported. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Breckenridge Hills | $3,000 | Thunderstorm winds uprooted a large tree. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Breckenridge Hills | - | A few quarter sized hailstones fell east of Maryland Heights. |
| May 2019 | Flash Flood | Breckenridge Hills | - | Up to two inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. One creek in the Woodson Terrace area rose well above it's banks and flooded several homes. Also, several secondary roads were briefly flooded. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Breckenridge Hills | - | As a severe thunderstorm moved eastward across the northern portions of the St. Louis metro area, numerous tree limbs and power lines were blown down between St. Ann and Woodson Terrace/Berkeley area. Roofing material was blown off of the buildings at Northwest Plaza onto the parking lot. In Woodson Terrace, a large tree was blown down. It hit two homes causing moderate roof damage to both. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Breckenridge Hills | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several large trees and numerous large tree limbs in St. Ann, Woodson Terrace and Olivette. Several homes had minor to moderate roof damage from the fallen trees and tree limbs. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Breckenridge Hills | - | There were numerous reports of golfball sized hail across St. Ann. |
| March 2019 | Hail | Breckenridge Hills | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Ridge | 0.6 miles | 20 | |
| Schuermann Heights | 0.6 miles | 20 | |
| Woodson Terrace | 0.9 miles | 20 | |
| Overland | 1.0 miles | 20 | |
| Saint Ann | 1.2 miles | 22 | |
| Saint Johns | 1.3 miles | 20 | |
| Sycamore Hills | 1.3 miles | 20 | |
| Edmundson | 1.5 miles | 20 |
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 Breckenridge Hills | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q967580 | 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 755811. 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.








