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Ferguson, Missouri

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Norwood Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63135. It stands on Carsonville Creek. The Survey maps it on the Clayton quadrangle. 18,527 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 502 feet above sea level.

Ferguson within St. Louis County

On record in Ferguson

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 6 records

Population over time

2 figures

Ferguson fell from 21,203 to 18,527 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
201021,203
202018,527-2,676 (-13%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 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

2 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Ferguson between 2006 and 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/undetermined2

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
18 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
27 February 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 St. Louis County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Ferguson: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Evans and Howard Mine Number FiveClayPast Producer
Prospect Hill Cement PlantStone, Crushed/Broken, ClayProducer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in St. Louis County

Storms near this place

12 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ferguson in 12 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 2024Heavy RainFerguson-A trained spotter measured 9.52 inches of storm total rain. Light rain was still falling at the time of the observation.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindFerguson-Thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindFerguson-Thunderstorm winds blew down several large trees. One tree was blown down in Ferguson blocking a roadway. Another tree was blown down in Spanish Lake Park blocking one of the roads in the park.
October 2010Thunderstorm WindFerguson-Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees and power lines. Also, a power pole was snapped off.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindFerguson-A large tree was blown down on a home causing moderate damage on Elizabeth Street just south of I-270. No one in the home was injured.
May 2004HailFerguson-Storm spotters reported 3/4 inch hail.
September 2003Thunderstorm WindFerguson-Amateur radio spotters reported scattered trees down across North St. Louis County, primarily in the Ferguson area. One home suffered minor damage due to a downed tree.
April 2011HailFerguson-no account filed
March 2006HailFerguson-no account filed
April 2003HailFerguson-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindFerguson-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindFerguson-no account filed

Every storm recorded in St. Louis 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
Kinloch1.1 miles20
Dellwood1.1 miles20
Woodstock1.1 miles20
Cool Valley1.2 miles20
Calverton Park1.5 miles26
Berkeley1.5 miles26
Normandy1.7 miles20
Norwood Court1.9 miles20

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 FergusonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q954855The 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 756046. 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.