Melrose, Missouri
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Chesterfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63038. The Survey maps it on the Eureka quadrangle.
On record in Melrose
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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Kreienkamp Storelisted 2000 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 28 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.
- 1903 USGS O'Fallon quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1940 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:24000
- 1944 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
- 1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS St Louis quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Melrose between 2001 and 2020, burning about 12 acres 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 July 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 12 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 241106-09222-06072020-2042 |
| 8 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 241105-09222-04082020-1900 |
| 19 March 2001 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 17 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 28 February 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 17 November 2013 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Melrose: 16 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fire Clay (Refractory), Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown Bank | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| King Land | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Etherington Clay Bank | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Renneberg Land | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Renneberg Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Babler State Park Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Old Glenco Lime Company Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Six Flags Matls Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Tavern Rock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2024Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Melrose in 2 storm reports between 2024 and 2025: 1 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | Tornado (EF1) | Melrose | $5,000,000 | The tornado then moved into western St. Louis county from Franklin County, where it continued to produce concentrated, significant tree damage before dissipating at the bend in Highway 100, northeast of Fox Creek. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Melrose | $1,000,000 | Widespread large hail fell in St. Louis County, with the largest hailstones measuring 1.75 to 2 inches. The largest stones were reported in Chesterfield and later in Ferguson. Severe hail was also reported in Wildwood, Maryland Heights, Woodson Terrace, Bridgeton, Hazelwood, Florissant, Dellwood, and Jennings. Extensive, widespread damage to cars was reported with this event. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 756375. 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.










