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Gray Summit, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Boles Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63039. The Survey maps it on the Gray Summit quadrangle. 3,055 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 666 feet above sea level.

Gray Summit within Franklin County

Population over time

2 figures

Gray Summit grew from 2,701 to 3,055 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
20102,701
20203,055+354 (+13%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

23 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Gray Summit between 2001 and 2018, burning about 18 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/undetermined10
Debris and open burning10
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
17 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation128410-03655-09172015-1705
1 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
4 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation126531-03655-07042015-1433
1 April 2001Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 March 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
5 March 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation165944-03655-03052018-0113
4 March 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Gray Summit: 15 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Sand and Gravel, Industrial, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand and Gravel, Industrial/Frac Sand. 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
US Silica Pacific Mine and PlantSand and Gravel, Industrial, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand and Gravel, Industrial/Frac SandProducerSand
Glaser QuarrySilicaPast Producer
Pacific QuarrySilicaPast Producer
Pacific Underground MillSilicaProducer
Gray Summit Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Franklin County

Storms near this place

26 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gray Summit in 26 storm reports between 2002 and 2026: 13 thunderstorm wind, 12 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
April 2023Thunderstorm WindGray Summit$1,000Thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindGray Summit-Thunderstorm winds reportedly downed and snapped trees and large branches in and around Gray Summit and Pacific.
April 2013Thunderstorm WindGray Summit-Thunderstorm winds caused minor roof damage to a motel on Highway 100 near intersection with Manor House Lane. Also, several large trees were blown down. One large tree blocked Coleman Road just north of intersection with Highway 100.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindGray Summit-Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees along Highway 100 near Gray Summit.
April 2011Flash FloodGray Summit-Up to three inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. Several roads had water over them including Highway MM just northwest of Gray Summit.
March 2006Thunderstorm WindGray Summit-Two large trees were blown down.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindGray Summit-Amateur radio spotters reported trees down.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindGray Summit-The County Sheriff reported several trees down along I-44.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindGray Summit-The County Sheriff reported a couple of billboards blown down at Interstate 44 and Highway 100.
April 2026HailGray Summit-no account filed
April 2026HailGray Summit-no account filed
April 2024HailGray Summit-no account filed
August 2019HailGray Summit-no account filed
April 2014HailGray Summit-no account filed
March 2012HailGray Summit-no account filed
June 2011Thunderstorm WindGray Summit-no account filed
June 2011HailGray Summit-no account filed
April 2011HailGray Summit-no account filed
April 2011Thunderstorm WindGray Summit-no account filed
April 2011HailGray Summit-no account filed
April 2011HailGray Summit-no account filed
June 2011HailGray Summit-no account filed
July 2011Thunderstorm WindGray Summit-no account filed
March 2007HailGray Summit-no account filed
August 2004Thunderstorm WindGray Summit-no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindGray Summit-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Franklin 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
The Diamonds2.4 miles19
Labadie3.2 miles22
Villa Ridge3.9 miles22
Pacific4.0 miles23
Prater4.1 miles19
Oetters4.7 miles22
Boles4.8 miles21
Catawissa4.8 miles19

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 Gray SummitAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q656822The 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 731576. 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.