Northwoods, Missouri
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Normandy Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63121. It stands on Gingras Creek. The Survey maps it on the Clayton quadrangle. 3,687 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 558 feet above sea level.
On record in Northwoods
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.
- Glen Echo Historic Districtlisted 2007 · 0.9 miles away
- Pine Lawn Carriage Houselisted 1984 · 0.9 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresNorthwoods fell from 4,227 to 3,687 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 | 4,227 | |
| 2020 | 3,687 | -540 (-13%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1933 USGS Clayton quadrangle1:24000
- 1941 USGS Clayton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Clayton quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS St Louis quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Northwoods between 2006 and 2014, burning about 1 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/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 27 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Northwoods: 16 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bambrick-Bates Constr. Co. Quarry 1 | Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Evans and Howard Mine Number Five | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Prospect Hill Cement Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay | Producer | ||
| Bambrick-Bates Constr. Co. Quarry 3 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Cavanaugh Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Heman Construction Co Quarry No. 2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Hill-O'Mera Construction Co Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Lamb Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Mound City Construction Co. Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Murphy's Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Northwoods in 3 storm reports between 2001 and 2026: 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2011 | Flash Flood | Northwoods | - | Up to five inches of rain fell in a short amount of time onto already saturated soils causing flash flooding. Numerous roads were flooded including the intersection of Lindbergh Boulevard and Huntleigh Woods Drive. Manchester Road was closed in both directions east of the intersection with Brentwood Boulevard. Also, Highway 141 was flooded where it goes under Interstate 44. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Northwoods | - | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Hail | Northwoods | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arbor Terrace | 0.3 miles | 20 | |
| Beverly Hills | 0.6 miles | 20 | |
| Pasadena Hills | 0.6 miles | 20 | |
| Pine Lawn | 0.7 miles | 20 | |
| Uplands Park | 0.8 miles | 20 | |
| Glen Echo Park | 0.8 miles | 20 | |
| Goodfellow Terrace | 0.8 miles | 20 | |
| Pasadena Park | 0.9 miles | 20 |
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 Northwoods | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q967824 | 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 756456. 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.








