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Grantwood, Missouri

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Gravois Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63123. The Survey maps it on the Webster Groves quadrangle.

Grantwood within St. Louis County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 23 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

3 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Grantwood between 2006 and 2014, burning about 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Debris and open burning1

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
15 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
28 February 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 October 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Louis County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 47 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 47 workings within 5 miles of Grantwood: 44 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory), 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
Tole and Thorp Fireclay MineFire Clay (Refractory), CoalPast Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Coffin MineFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Gilker Fireclay MineFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Grandview Fireclay MineFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Jamieson MineFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Jamieson PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Mathieson and Hegeler MineFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Alpha Portland Cement PlantStone, Crushed/Broken, ClayProducer
Grandview Mine Number SeventeenClayProducer

Every working recorded in St. Louis County

Storms near this place

3 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grantwood in 3 storm reports between 2001 and 2019: 1 flood, 1 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
June 2019Flash FloodGrantwood-Up to three inches of rain fell in less than an hour over southern portions of St. Louis County over the Gravois Creek watershed. This caused the creek to quickly rise out of it's banks. It flooded several locations including a parking lot at Whitecliff Park. The flood waters moved two parked vehicles further down in the parking lot and one person had to be rescued from one of the cars. The other vehicle was unoccupied. Parts of Pardee and Grant Roads were briefly flooded as well. No deaths or injuries were reported.
June 2001FloodGrantwood-Heavy rain caused some localized flooding in the Grant's Farm area. Gravois Creek flooded causing a couple of roads to be closed.
June 2009HailGrantwood-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
Grantwood Village0.6 miles23
Affton0.7 miles23
Marlborough1.2 miles23
Lakeshire1.2 miles23
Wilbur Park1.9 miles23
Crestwood2.0 miles22
Saint George2.0 miles23
Green Park2.1 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 756120. 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.