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Gumbo, Missouri

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Chesterfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63005. It stands on Caulks Creek. The Survey maps it on the Chesterfield quadrangle.

Gumbo within St. Louis County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 26 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 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Gumbo between 2006 and 2008, burning about 12 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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/undetermined15
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking2
Debris and open burning1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
4 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
20 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
3 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
19 July 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
11 July 2007Smokingunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
30 June 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
29 June 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
27 June 2007Missing 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

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Gumbo: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Weldon Springs QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in St. Louis County

Storms near this place

8 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gumbo in 8 storm reports between 2010 and 2026: 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. 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 2021Thunderstorm WindGumbo$1,000Thunderstorm winds blew down a steel highway sign at the intersection of I-64 and Boones Crossing.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindGumbo-Thunderstorm winds shattered the windows of a business in Chesterfield. Numerous injuries were reported, but the exact number is unknown.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindGumbo-Thunderstorm winds caused widespread wind damage across the northern portions of St. Louis County. In Chesterfield, power lines were knocked down across the west bound lanes of I-64 near Boones Crossing exit. In Woodson Terrace, a gas station canopy was blown over onto an occupied vehicle at the intersection of Guthrie Avenue and Woodson Road. The driver and her daughter were uninjured. The vehicle sustained only minor damage. Otherwise, numerous trees and tree limbs were blown down including in Ballwin, Maryland Heights and Dellwood.
April 2015HailGumbo-A severe thunderstorm moved east across St. Louis County. There were numerous reports of large hail between Chesterfield, Des Peres and Frontenac.
June 2012HailGumbo-Hail mostly the size of quarters, but a few were golfball sized near the intersection of I-64/Hwy 40 and Boones Crossing.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindGumbo-Thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs near the intersection of Long Road and Chesterfield Airport Road.
April 2026HailGumbo-no account filed
June 2019HailGumbo-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
Stevens0.7 miles26
Chesterfield2.2 miles26
Orrville3.1 miles25
Monarch3.3 miles25
Bellefontaine3.4 miles26
Clarkson Valley3.8 miles29
Centaur4.6 miles25
Hine5.1 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 756137. 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.