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Gilmore, Missouri

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 2000. It stands in Wentzville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63385. The Survey maps it on the Wentzville quadrangle.

Gilmore within St. Charles County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 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

10 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Gilmore between 2005 and 2008, burning about 1 acre in total. 1 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/undetermined7
Arson/incendiarism1
Debris and open burning1
Natural1

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
23 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
8 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
29 July 2006Naturalunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
25 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
4 May 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
24 April 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
31 March 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
31 March 2005Missing 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. Charles County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Gilmore: 9 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
O'Fallon Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in St. Charles County

Storms near this place

11 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gilmore in 11 storm reports between 2010 and 2020: 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2020Thunderstorm WindGilmore-Thunderstorm winds caused widespread tree, tree limb and power line damage between Lake St. Louis, Dardenne Prairie and St. Peters. A couple of trees fell across a roadway about 4 miles south of Dardenne Prairie. Several power lines were knocked down at the intersection of Sommers Road and Highway N. Also, an 8 inch diameter tree limb fell onto a house in St. Peters causing minor roof and gutter damage.
June 2020Flash FloodGilmore-Up to five inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. Highway N about a mile west of intersection with I-64 was briefly flooded. Also, water was over Mexico Road about a half mile south of intersection with Highway P.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindGilmore-Widespread wind damage occurred across St. Charles County. In O'Fallon, St. Charles, St. Peters and Havester, numerous large tree limbs were blown down. A tree was blown over onto Highway DD near Sommers Road. In St. Charles, one of the large tree limbs fell onto a garage causing minor roof damage. In St. Peters, a tree was blown onto a house causing moderate damage.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindGilmore-A line of severe storms moved across St. Charles County. Numerous trees, tree limbs and power lines were blown down in Dardenne Prairie, Lake St. Louis, O'Fallon, Cottleville, St. Peters and St. Charles. One house on Friedens Road in St. Charles had a large tree fall on it causing major damage. No injuries were reported.
April 2013Thunderstorm WindGilmore-Thunderstorm winds snapped a power pole on the east outer road just north of Dauphine Drive in Lake St. Louis.
April 2012Thunderstorm WindGilmore-Thunderstorm winds blew plywood and other small pieces of debris onto the westbound lanes of Interstate 70 between mile markers 212 and 213. Source of the debris unknown at this time.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindGilmore-Thunderstorm winds blew out a few windows in the Camden Cedar Lakes Apartments complex in Lake St. Louis.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindGilmore-no account filed
May 2011Thunderstorm WindGilmore-no account filed
April 2011HailGilmore-no account filed
May 2011HailGilmore-no account filed

Every storm recorded in St. Charles 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
Lake Saint Louis1.4 miles24
Josephville2.3 miles24
Wentzville2.5 miles24
Villages at Stonegate2.6 miles24
Cimarron3.0 miles24
Highland Estates3.1 miles24
Crystal Creek3.7 miles24
Timber Trace3.8 miles24

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 GilmoreAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q16891660The 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 756101. 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.