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Kirkwood, Missouri

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Bonhomme Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63122. The Survey maps it on the Kirkwood quadrangle. 29,461 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 659 feet above sea level.

Kirkwood within St. Louis County

On record in Kirkwood

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 12 of 29 shown

Every listing in St. Louis County

Population over time

2 figures

Kirkwood grew from 27,540 to 29,461 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
201027,540
202029,461+1,921 (+7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 22 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

1 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Kirkwood in 2007, burning under an acre in total. None started naturally. None 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/undetermined1

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
15 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri 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

10 of 31 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Kirkwood: 31 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Jamieson MineFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Big Bend QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Grant QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Kempf QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mutual QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Osage Hills QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Rock Hill QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in St. Louis County

Storms near this place

24 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kirkwood in 24 storm reports between 1994 and 2020: 11 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2006Thunderstorm WindKirkwood1 hurtA local high school teacher and coach was severely injured by a downed tree while he was jogging with his dog near his home on North Woodlawn Avenue. The man suffered a punctured lung, broken ribs, a broken shoulder and other injuries.
February 1999HailKirkwood$100,000no account filed
May 1996LightningKirkwood$50,000no account filed
June 2007Thunderstorm WindKirkwood$5,000Thunderstorm wind gusts blew down large tree limbs in the Forever Oak Hill Cemetary. Some headstones were damaged by the downed limbs.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindKirkwood-Thunderstorm winds blew down a 4 foot diameter tree as well as nearby power lines.
April 2010Tornado (EF0)Kirkwood-The tornado touched down approximately 0.3 of a mile north of Dougherty Ferry Road near Lynkirk Rd. and moved north northwest through part of a subdivision. The tornado lifted briefly, then touched down again near the intersection of Ballas Rd. and Kirk Place Dr. before lifting and disspating just east of West County Mall. The path was approximately six tenths of a mile long and a maximum width around 300 yards across part of the subdivision and an average width of less than 200 yards elsewhere. Widespread tree damage and minor roof damage was observed across the subdivision but the overall lack of structural damage suggests winds did not exceed 70 to 80 mph. In the subdivision, several large healthy trees were uprooted and some roofs had missing or damaged shingles. At least one healthy tree was snapped several feet above its base. More extensive tree damage was observed with the second touchdown near Ballas Rd. and Kirk Place Dr. where several healthy pine trees were snapped at the midpoint and the debris pattern indicated a convergent circulation. Tree damage in this area also downed several powerlines along Ballas Road.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindKirkwood-Thunderstorm winds blew down several power lines.
May 2008HailKirkwood-Storm spotters reported one inch hail just northwest of Kirkwood.
May 2008HailKirkwood-Storm spotters reported 3/4 inch hail at Manchester and Geyer roads.
May 2007Flash FloodKirkwood-Storm spotters reported Ballas Road flooded in the Sugar Creek Valley near Daugherty Ferry Road.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindKirkwood-A severe thunderstorm moved across southern St. Louis county producing damaging downburst winds (including microbursts) over this region. Some of the hardest hit areas extended from just east of downtown Kirkwood through Oakland then into Shrewsbury. Some of the fallen trees and numerous large tree limbs damaged homes and vehicles over this area. One large tree fell onto an apartment building causing moderate damage. Surface winds were estimated between 65 and 75 mph. No injuries were reported.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindKirkwood-Numerous trees, tree limbs and power lines were blown down. A few of the trees landed on homes and car causing minor to moderate damage.
April 2000HailKirkwood-Storm spotters reported 1 inch hail.
April 1994HailKirkwood-The public reported 0.75-inch-diameter hail in numerous other suburbs of St. Louis.
June 2009HailKirkwood-no account filed
June 2008HailKirkwood-no account filed
July 2006Thunderstorm WindKirkwood-no account filed
August 2005Thunderstorm WindKirkwood-no account filed
May 2004HailKirkwood-no account filed
July 2004HailKirkwood-no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindKirkwood-no account filed
July 2004HailKirkwood-no account filed
April 2003HailKirkwood-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindKirkwood-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
Windsor Springs1.2 miles22
Oakland1.2 miles22
Meacham Park1.5 miles22
Woodhine Heights1.7 miles22
Glendale1.8 miles22
Des Peres1.8 miles22
Warson Woods2.1 miles22
Rock Hill2.2 miles22

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 KirkwoodAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q963572The 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 756252. 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.