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Florissant, Missouri

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Florissant Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63031. The Survey maps it on the Florissant quadrangle. 52,533 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 574 feet above sea level.

Florissant within St. Louis County

On record in Florissant

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 12 of 41 shown

Every listing in St. Louis County

Population over time

2 figures

Florissant grew from 52,158 to 52,533 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
201052,158
202052,533+375 (+1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 26 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.

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 Florissant: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in St. Louis County

Storms near this place

48 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Florissant in 48 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 27 hail, 20 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 death. 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
July 2007LightningFlorissant1 killedA 25 year old man was killed by a lightning strike while he was walking along the 1800 block of North New Florissant Road.
April 2001HailFlorissant$400,000,000no account filed
February 2006HailFlorissant$500,000no account filed
April 1993Thunderstorm WindFlorissant$50,000Storm spotters reported hail up to 1.25 inch in diameter near Creve Coeur Lake at 2128 CST. A roof was damaged on a restaurant on north Highway 67 in Florissant shortly after that. Emergency Management officials reported 1.00-inch-diameter hail up a foot deep along buildings in Bridgeton.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindFlorissant$15,000Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous large tree limbs, as well as several power lines. Also, minor shingle damage to a couple of homes.
April 1993HailFlorissant$5,000An off-duty NWS employee in Florissant reported 1.00-inch hail.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindFlorissant$300Several large trees were blown down across west and northern parts of the county. Winds gusts were recorded at 50 to 55 mph.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindFlorissant-Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous tree limbs.
March 2020HailFlorissant-A wide swath of large hail between an inch and 1.25 inches in diameter fell along the I-270 corridor in northern portions of St. Louis County. Large hail was reported in Florrisant, Black Jack and Spanish Lake.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindFlorissant-Thunderstorm winds blew down a one foot diameter tree.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindFlorissant-Thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs in Florissant. One tree limb broke a windshield on a car.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindFlorissant-Numerous large tree limbs and several power lines were blown down.
May 2007HailFlorissant-Storm spotters reported 3/4 inch hail in Florissant.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindFlorissant-Numerous reports of trees, tree limbs and power lines blown down.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindFlorissant-More tree limbs and power lines were blown down.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindFlorissant-Numerous large tree limbs were blown down. Also, several power lines were blown down at the intersection of Lindbergh and New Halls Ferry Road.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindFlorissant-A large oak tree was downed in Sioux Passage Park.
May 2004HailFlorissant-Storm spotters reported 3/4 inch hail.
April 2002HailFlorissant-The County Emergency Management Agency reported nickel size hail.
October 2000HailFlorissant-The general public reported 3/4 inch hail in Florissant.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindFlorissant-The St. Louis County Police reported numerous power lines down in north St. Louis County.
May 1995HailFlorissant-Reported by local law enforcement agencies.
April 1994HailFlorissant-Reported by the public.
April 2016HailFlorissant-no account filed
September 2012HailFlorissant-no account filed
April 2011HailFlorissant-no account filed
April 2011HailFlorissant-no account filed
October 2010HailFlorissant-no account filed
July 2006Thunderstorm WindFlorissant-no account filed
May 2005Thunderstorm WindFlorissant-no account filed
August 2005Thunderstorm WindFlorissant-no account filed
August 2005HailFlorissant-no account filed
May 2004HailFlorissant-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindFlorissant-no account filed
April 2001HailFlorissant-no account filed
April 2001HailFlorissant-no account filed
October 2001HailFlorissant-no account filed
April 2000HailFlorissant-no account filed
April 2000HailFlorissant-no account filed
June 1999HailFlorissant-no account filed
June 1998HailFlorissant-no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindFlorissant-no account filed
May 1998HailFlorissant-no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindFlorissant-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindFlorissant-no account filed
May 1998HailFlorissant-no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindFlorissant-no account filed
May 1996HailFlorissant-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
Calverton Park1.8 miles26
Cross Keys1.9 miles26
Berkeley2.4 miles26
Hazelwood2.8 miles26
Shoveltown2.9 miles26
Black Jack2.9 miles26
Ferguson3.2 miles20
Kinloch3.4 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 FlorissantAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q636684The 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 756063. 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.

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.