Des Peres, Missouri
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Missouri River Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63131. It stands on South Branch Claychester Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kirkwood quadrangle. 9,193 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 610 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresDes Peres grew from 8,373 to 9,193 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 | 8,373 | |
| 2020 | 9,193 | +820 (+10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 22 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 Kirkwood quadrangle1:24000
- 1940 USGS Kirkwood quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Kirkwood quadrangle1:24000, 7 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 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Des Peres in 2007, burning under an 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 27 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Des Peres: 27 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Clay | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Creve Coeur Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Grant Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Kempf Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Osage Hills Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Rock Hill Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
12 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Des Peres in 12 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 7 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 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 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Des Peres | $5,000 | Numerous large trees were knocked from high wind. Spotters and the public also reported minor street flooding. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Des Peres | - | Thunderstorm winds blew open a strong steel door in Des Peres before splitting a Bradford Pear tree into 2 near Webster Groves. Winds then blew down tree limbs up to 8 inches in diameter along Green Park Industrial Drive 1 mile southeast of Lakeshire. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Des Peres | - | Widespread wind damage occurred along the I-270 corridor in St. Louis County between Kirkwood and Saint Ann. Numerous tree limbs were blown down in Kirkwood, Creve Coeur, Maryland Heights, Woodson Terrace and Saint Ann. |
| April 2014 | Flash Flood | Des Peres | - | Up to 4 inches of rain fell in a very short amount of time causing flash flooding. South Fillmore Avenue was flooded near East Monroe. In Maryland Heights, Fee Fee creek rose above its flood stage. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Des Peres | - | Storm spotters reported one inch hail just northwest of Kirkwood. |
| April 1998 | Hail | Des Peres | - | Amateur radio spotters reported golfball size hail at Interstate 270 and Manchester Road. |
| November 2017 | Hail | Des Peres | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Des Peres | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Des Peres | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Des Peres | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Des Peres | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Des Peres | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal Lake Park | 1.5 miles | 22 | |
| Huntleigh | 1.6 miles | 22 | |
| Town and Country | 1.8 miles | 22 | |
| Kirkwood | 1.8 miles | 22 | |
| Country Life Acres | 2.0 miles | 22 | |
| Woodhine Heights | 2.2 miles | 22 | |
| Ozark View | 2.3 miles | 22 | |
| Osage Hills | 2.4 miles | 22 |
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 Des Peres | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q960849 | 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 755986. 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.








