Irondale, Missouri
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Concord Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63648. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Irondale quadrangle. 368 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 807 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresIrondale fell from 445 to 368 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 | 445 | |
| 2020 | 368 | -77 (-17%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 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.
- 1905 USGS Bonne Terre quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1905 USGS Bonneterre quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Bonne Terre quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Irondale quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Farmington quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Farmington quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
39 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Irondale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 359 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 | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 16 June 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 137758-09401-06162016-1409 |
| 9 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176587-11043-04092018-1440 |
| 9 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178502-09401-04052019-1131 |
| 3 April 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 135360-11043-04032016-1240 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 25 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Irondale: 23 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Lead, Zinc, Zinc, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Faquaher Diggings | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Jordans Copper Diggings | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Leadwood Mine | Lead, Copper, Zinc, Cadmium, Cobalt, Nickel | Producer | 1898, 1903 | |
| Leadwood Plant | Stone | Producer | ||
| Unknown - Iron & Zinc | Zinc, Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Sand & Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown-Fe and Zn | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown-Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Evans Mine | Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Faguaher Diggings | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Galena, Smithsonite |
Storms near this place
10 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Irondale in 10 storm reports between 1997 and 2026: 6 hail, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Irondale | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree branch onto the roof of a house. The roof sustained minor damage. |
| March 2026 | Flash Flood | Irondale | - | Heavy rain caused Germania Road (listed as St. Francois Road on Google Maps) to flood along the Washington - St. Francois county line. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Irondale | - | Several large tree limbs were blown down. |
| April 2004 | Hail | Irondale | - | The public reported 3/4 inch hail near Irondale. |
| May 1997 | Hail | Irondale | - | Skywarn spotters reported 3/4 inch hail. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Irondale | - | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Hail | Irondale | - | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Hail | Irondale | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Irondale | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Irondale | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hopewell | 4.1 miles | 20 | |
| Summit | 5.7 miles | 20 | |
| Holiday Shores | 6.4 miles | 24 | |
| Caledonia | 6.9 miles | 21 | |
| Springtown | 7.7 miles | 21 | |
| Mineral Point | 8.2 miles | 20 | |
| French Town | 8.5 miles | 20 | |
| Bates Creek Camp | 9.2 miles | 21 |
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 Irondale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q961813 | 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 736310. 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.














