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.
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
John C. and Georgie Atwood Houselisted 2018
Norwood Hills Country Clublisted 2005
Wildwood Houselisted 2006- Church Street Commercial Districtlisted 1984
- Ferguson School Central Schoollisted 1984
- Old Ferguson West Historic Districtlisted 2011
Population over time
2 figuresFerguson 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 21,203 | |
| 2020 | 18,527 | -2,676 (-13%) |
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
2 since 2006Regional 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/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
| 27 February 2006 | 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
3 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evans and Howard Mine Number Five | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Prospect Hill Cement Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay | Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
12 since 1999Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2024 | Heavy Rain | Ferguson | - | A trained spotter measured 9.52 inches of storm total rain. Light rain was still falling at the time of the observation. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ferguson | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ferguson | - | 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 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ferguson | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees and power lines. Also, a power pole was snapped off. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ferguson | - | 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 2004 | Hail | Ferguson | - | Storm spotters reported 3/4 inch hail. |
| September 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ferguson | - | 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 2011 | Hail | Ferguson | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Ferguson | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Ferguson | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ferguson | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ferguson | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kinloch | 1.1 miles | 20 | |
| Dellwood | 1.1 miles | 20 | |
| Woodstock | 1.1 miles | 20 | |
| Cool Valley | 1.2 miles | 20 | |
| Calverton Park | 1.5 miles | 26 | |
| Berkeley | 1.5 miles | 26 | |
| Normandy | 1.7 miles | 20 | |
| Norwood Court | 1.9 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 Ferguson | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q954855 | 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 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.








