Eureka, Missouri
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Meramec Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63025. It lies near Bald Hill. The Survey maps it on the Eureka quadrangle. 11,646 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 456 feet above sea level.
On record in Eureka
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Meramec River U.S. Bridge - J421listed 2009
Population over time
2 figuresEureka grew from 10,189 to 11,646 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 | 10,189 | |
| 2020 | 11,646 | +1,457 (+14%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 28 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.
- 1903 USGS O'Fallon quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1940 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:24000
- 1944 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
- 1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS St Louis quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
28 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Eureka between 2003 and 2014, burning about 51 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 July 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 22 June 2014 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 22 June 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 6 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 21 May 2014 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 3 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 24 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Eureka: 23 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Renneberg Land | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Renneberg Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bussen Antire Quarry & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
17 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eureka in 17 storm reports between 1997 and 2019: 11 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eureka | $15,000 | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eureka | - | A tree was snapped off on the west side of town. |
| November 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eureka | - | Thunderstorm winds blew off shingles on several homes in Eureka and blew down a large tree limb in Maplewood. The tree limb caused minor damage to a car. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eureka | - | Thunderstorm winds snapped off an eight inch diameter Bradford Pear tree. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eureka | - | A microburst moved through the Shaw's Garden Subdivision, blowing down several large trees and numerous tree limbs. A couple of homes and vehicles were damaged by fallen trees or tree limbs. Also, numerous power lines and a couple of power poles were blown down. The damage extended across Highway 109 into the Augustine Heights Subdivision snapping off a couple of large trees as well as tree limbs. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eureka | - | Amateur radio spotters reported large tree limbs down. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Eureka | - | Storm spotters reported nickel size hail along Interstate 44. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eureka | - | Thunderstorm winds blow down a couple of large trees just west of Eureka along I-44. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Eureka | - | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eureka | - | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Hail | Eureka | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Eureka | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Eureka | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eureka | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eureka | - | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eureka | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Hail | Eureka | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Times Beach (historical) | 1.4 miles | 29 | |
| Crescent | 1.7 miles | 29 | |
| Allenton | 2.5 miles | 28 | |
| Camp Wyman | 2.6 miles | 28 | |
| Glencoe | 2.9 miles | 29 | |
| Yeatman | 2.9 miles | 29 | |
| Sherman | 3.1 miles | 29 | |
| Jedburgh | 3.5 miles | 29 |
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 Eureka | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q961919 | 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 756031. 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.










