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Imperial, Missouri

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Windsor Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63052. It stands on Black Creek. The Survey maps it on the Herculaneum quadrangle. 4,407 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 446 feet above sea level.

Imperial within Jefferson County

On record in Imperial

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Population over time

2 figures

Imperial fell from 4,709 to 4,407 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
20104,709
20204,407-302 (-6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 25 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

99 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Imperial between 2005 and 2020, burning about 122 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 21 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/undetermined61
Arson/incendiarism21
Debris and open burning6
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking4
Natural2

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
9 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
21 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
15 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
6 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
6 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
5 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
23 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
18 August 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 Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Imperial: 12 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead. 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
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Glen Park QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Goetz QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Jefferson County QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
North Tunnel QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Old Goetz QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
South Tunnel QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

9 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Imperial in 9 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 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 2011Flash FloodImperial-Between 4 and 6 inches of rain fell over several days causing flash flooding. Numerous roads were flooded including State Highway AA at Weaver Road, Cedar Hill Road between State Highway BB and B, the intersection of Engledow and Upper Blackwell Roads, and Old State Highway H in Fletcher.
October 2010Thunderstorm WindImperial-Thunderstorm winds tossed pieces of a sheet metal roof onto power lines, sparking a fire at an apartment building and beauty salon in Imperial. Four people living in the apartments escaped safely.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindImperial-The County Sheriff reported numerous trees and power lines down in the Imperial area.
September 2001Thunderstorm WindImperial-The Sheriff's department reported trees down blocking some streets in Imperial.
March 2025HailImperial-no account filed
April 2016HailImperial-no account filed
May 2011HailImperial-no account filed
April 2006Thunderstorm WindImperial-no account filed
September 2000Thunderstorm WindImperial-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
Kimmswick0.9 miles26
Sunnyside1.5 miles26
Byers1.8 miles28
Barnhart1.9 miles25
Wickes2.1 miles28
Sulphur Springs2.3 miles26
Beck2.9 miles25
Spring Forest3.2 miles25

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 ImperialAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q956301The 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 736308. 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.