Herculaneum, Missouri
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Joachim Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63048. It stands on Joachim Creek. The Survey maps it on the Herculaneum quadrangle. 4,672 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 423 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresHerculaneum grew from 3,468 to 4,672 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 | 3,468 | |
| 2020 | 4,672 | +1,204 (+35%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 25 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.
- 1912 USGS Kimmswick quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1916 USGS Kimmswick quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1948 USGS Kimmswick quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Herculaneum quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Kimmswick quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Festus quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Herculaneum quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
32 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Herculaneum between 2006 and 2020, burning about 79 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 | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 62220 |
| 13 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 12 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 8 July 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | UNION PACIFIC |
| 6 June 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | VAL 1 |
| 30 June 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 29 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 42918 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 40 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 40 workings within 5 miles of Herculaneum: 29 past producers, 9 producers, 2 plants. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Herculaneum Smelter | Lead, Smelter | Plant | ||
| Crystal City Sand Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica | Producer | ||
| Bailey Mines | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Festus Pit & Plant | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Martin Marietta Sand Pit | Silica | Producer | ||
| McClenahan's Mines | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unimin Mine | Silica | Producer | ||
| Unimin Plant | Silica | Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead | Lead | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Herculaneum in 8 storm reports between 1998 and 2011: 5 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2000 | Hail | Herculaneum | $20,000 | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Herculaneum | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous tree limbs and power lines. |
| December 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Herculaneum | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous large tree limbs. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Herculaneum | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Herculaneum | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Herculaneum | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Herculaneum | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Herculaneum | - | 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.
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 Herculaneum | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q961668 | 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 719395. 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.











