Grubville, Missouri
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Big River Township. The Survey maps it on the Lonedell quadrangle. It stands 906 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 20 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 Lonedell quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Festus quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Grubville between 2003 and 2017, burning about 8 acres in total. None 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/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 18 March 2004 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 10 March 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 28 February 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 133832-05007-02282016-1522 |
| 12 November 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 141513-05007-11122016-1306 |
| 10 November 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 130341-05007-11102015-1440 |
| 26 January 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grubville in 5 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Hail | Grubville | - | A swath of large hail moved east-southeast through central Jefferson County. The largest stones measured 2 to 2.75 inches and fell in and around Grubville, Hillsboro, De Soto, Festus, and Herculaneum. Cities in the path of hailstones greater than 1 inch include Victoria, Pevely, Crystal City, Hematite, and Mapaville. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grubville | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several large trees and numerous tree limbs north of Highway 30 between the Franklin/Jefferson County line and the intersection of Highway 30 and Ridge Road. Several mobile homes on Forest Hills Manor sustained minor roof damage and a couple of small metal sheds were destroyed. |
| May 2004 | Flash Flood | Grubville | - | Local law enforcement reported flash flooding in the Grubbville area. Up to a foot of water was reported flowing over Route Y. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grubville | - | Storm spotters reported large tree limbs down in Grubville. |
| April 1998 | Hail | Grubville | - | A local television station relayed a report of golfball size hail from one of their weather watchers. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oermann | 2.1 miles | 22 | |
| Dittmer | 4.8 miles | 22 | |
| Morse Mill | 5.4 miles | 22 | |
| Cottage Farm | 5.7 miles | 18 | |
| Cedar Hill Lakes | 5.9 miles | 22 | |
| One Hundred and One Ranch | 6.4 miles | 22 | |
| Ware | 7.1 miles | 18 | |
| Cedar Hill | 7.5 miles | 22 |
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 Grubville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3471179 | 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 718907. 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.
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.










