Gasconade, Missouri
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Richland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65061. It stands on Gasconade River. The Survey maps it on the Gasconade quadrangle. 172 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 528 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresGasconade fell from 223 to 172 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 | 223 | |
| 2020 | 172 | -51 (-23%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 21 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.
- 1890 USGS Chamois quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1890 USGS Fulton quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1935 USGS Morrison quadrangle1:48000
- 1942 USGS Morrison quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Morrison quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Gasconade quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Fulton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Gasconade between 2001 and 2018, burning about 762 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.7 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177030-03733-03042018-1535 |
| 4 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 686 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177029-03733-03042018-1837 |
| 27 March 2001 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 20 February 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 23 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Gasconade: 20 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Des Peres Quarry and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Zumsteg Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Zumsteg Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Bergel Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Braudhorst Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| J.H.Brown Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
15 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gasconade in 15 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 7 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gasconade | $10,000 | A large cottonwood tree was blown down onto a home just west of Gasconade. The home suffered moderate roof damage. |
| May 2007 | Flood | Gasconade | $5,000 | The Missouri River flooded parts of the northern border of Gasconade County from Gasconade to Hermann. Two city parks in Hermann were flooded, otherwise flooding was limited to farmland along the river and to some roads near the river in the Hermann area. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gasconade | $200 | Several large trees were toppled by high wind. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gasconade | - | Thunderstorm winds blew over a large tree onto Highway J just southwest of intersection with Highway 100. |
| April 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gasconade | - | A phone line was blown down in Gasconade. |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gasconade | - | Wind gusts estimated around 70 mph downed some trees in Gasconade. |
| November 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gasconade | - | The County Sheriff reported trees down along Highway 100. |
| December 2002 | Hail | Gasconade | - | Storm Spotters reported golfball size hail. |
| April 1995 | Hail | Gasconade | - | Golf ball-size hail was reported across northern parts of the county. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Gasconade | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gasconade | - | no account filed |
| April 2013 | Hail | Gasconade | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Gasconade | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Gasconade | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Gasconade | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stolpe | 2.5 miles | 21 | |
| Morrison | 4.0 miles | 22 | |
| Fredericksburg | 6.1 miles | 21 | |
| Hermann | 6.9 miles | 22 | |
| Pershing | 7.0 miles | 21 | |
| Feigler Ferry | 7.8 miles | 21 | |
| Brown Shanty | 8.2 miles | 21 | |
| Swiss | 8.7 miles | 21 |
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 Gasconade | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q956841 | 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 729496. 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.











