Gildehouse, Missouri
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63089. The Survey maps it on the Moselle quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 22 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.
- 1901 USGS De Soto quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1901 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS St. Clair quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS St. Clair quadrangle1:62500
- 1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Moselle quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Moselle quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Festus quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Gildehouse between 2001 and 2007, burning about 9 acres 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 7 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 27 March 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 10 March 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 February 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 November 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 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
10 of 21 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Gildehouse: 13 past producers, 8 producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Flagstone, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Golconda Mines | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Pb | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ss. | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Plant # 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Plant # 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| K&R Excavating S&G Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| B&D Stone Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| B&D Stone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Dawson Quarry and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gildehouse in 2 storm reports between 2013 and 2022: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gildehouse | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous large tree limbs across portions of northeastern Franklin County, especially in Gray Summit, Labadie and Pacific. |
| April 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gildehouse | - | A microburst started at the intersection of St. Johns Road and State Highway V and continued northeast to Wolf Hollow Golf Club, ending near Highway 100. Significant tree damage was observed with many pine trees topped and/or snapped along with uprooted hardwood trees. All of the damage pointed in the same northeast direction with wind speed estimated around 80 mph. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pohlman Mill | 2.2 miles | 22 | |
| Villa Ridge | 2.9 miles | 22 | |
| Boles | 4.1 miles | 21 | |
| The Diamonds | 4.4 miles | 19 | |
| Union | 4.4 miles | 21 | |
| South Point (historical) | 4.6 miles | 21 | |
| Labadie | 5.6 miles | 22 | |
| Krakow | 5.8 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 731574. 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.











