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.
Population over time
2 figuresGray 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,701 | |
| 2020 | 3,055 | +354 (+13%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 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 Gray Summit quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Festus quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
23 since 2001Regional 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/undetermined | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 128410-03655-09172015-1705 |
| 1 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 4 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 126531-03655-07042015-1433 |
| 1 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | 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 |
| 5 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 165944-03655-03052018-0113 |
| 4 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 19 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Silica Pacific Mine and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Industrial, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand and Gravel, Industrial/Frac Sand | Producer | Sand | |
| Glaser Quarry | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Pacific Quarry | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Pacific Underground Mill | Silica | Producer | ||
| Gray Summit Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
26 since 2002Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gray Summit | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gray Summit | - | Thunderstorm winds reportedly downed and snapped trees and large branches in and around Gray Summit and Pacific. |
| April 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gray 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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gray Summit | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees along Highway 100 near Gray Summit. |
| April 2011 | Flash Flood | Gray 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 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gray Summit | - | Two large trees were blown down. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gray Summit | - | Amateur radio spotters reported trees down. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gray Summit | - | The County Sheriff reported several trees down along I-44. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gray Summit | - | The County Sheriff reported a couple of billboards blown down at Interstate 44 and Highway 100. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Gray Summit | - | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Hail | Gray Summit | - | no account filed |
| April 2024 | Hail | Gray Summit | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Gray Summit | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Gray Summit | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Gray Summit | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gray Summit | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Gray Summit | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Gray Summit | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gray Summit | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Gray Summit | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Gray Summit | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Gray Summit | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gray Summit | - | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Hail | Gray Summit | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gray Summit | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gray Summit | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Diamonds | 2.4 miles | 19 | |
| Labadie | 3.2 miles | 22 | |
| Villa Ridge | 3.9 miles | 22 | |
| Pacific | 4.0 miles | 23 | |
| Prater | 4.1 miles | 19 | |
| Oetters | 4.7 miles | 22 | |
| Boles | 4.8 miles | 21 | |
| Catawissa | 4.8 miles | 19 |
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 Summit | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q656822 | 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 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.










