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Park Hills, Missouri

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1989. It stands in St. Francois Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63601. It stands on Shaw Branch. The Survey maps it on the Flat River quadrangle. 8,587 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 740 feet above sea level.

Park Hills within St. Francois County

On record in Park Hills

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 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Park Hills fell from 8,759 to 8,587 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
20108,759
20208,587-172 (-2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 21 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

12 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Park Hills between 1992 and 2016, burning about 138 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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
Debris and open burning6
Arson/incendiarism4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Natural1

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
27 April 1993Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
11 April 1993Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 April 1992Natural3.0 acresMark Twain National Forestnot named
22 March 1994Arson/incendiarism20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
17 March 1994Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
16 March 2016Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation138114-09401-03162016-1348
10 March 1992Debris and open burning6.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
28 February 1992Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Francois County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 88 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 88 workings within 5 miles of Park Hills: 81 past producers, 7 producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bonne TerreLead, Copper, Nickel, CobaltPast Producer1821
Bonne Terre MillDolomiteProducer
Bonne Terre MineLead, Copper, Zinc, Cobalt, NickelPast Producer1864, 1868
Bonne Terre Quarry and MillMagnesiteProducer
Flat River Sub-DistrictLead, Zinc, SilverPast Producer1742
Leadwood PlantStoneProducer
Unknown - Clay KaolinKaolinPast Producer
Flat RiverLead, Copper, Zinc, Cadmium, Cobalt, NickelPast Producer1890
Hazel Run MinesLead, ZincPast Producer
Leadwood MineLead, Copper, Zinc, Cadmium, Cobalt, NickelProducer1898, 1903

Every working recorded in St. Francois County

Storms near this place

19 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Park Hills in 19 storm reports between 1995 and 2019: 11 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 1 lightning, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 1995Thunderstorm WindPark Hills$20,000Golf ball-size hail fell in Bonne Terre with numerous large trees down over central parts of the county. Several windows were broken in the Park Hills area due to large hail and the strong wind gusts. A commercial building in Park Hills also sustained roof damage when a section of the roof peeled back. The county sheriff's department also reported hail the size of quarters before the storm moved out of the county.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindPark Hills-Thunderstorm winds blew down several power lines and small trees around town.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindPark Hills-A downburst occurred over the city of Park Hills and damaged three utility structures. Three other businesses sustained minor damage while several homes sustained minor roof damage.
April 2006Tornado (F0)Park Hills-At approximately 5:00 pm CDT a weak tornado occurred in Park Hills, Missouri. The tornado briefly touched down at the intersection of Business Route 67 and 5th Street. Two witnesses observed the tornado. A portion of an auto repair shop was damaged by the tornado. The tornado moved east and caused minor damage to the roof of three homes. Several large tree limbs were also broken by the tornado. The damage intensity of the tornado was rated F0.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindPark Hills-Numerous large tree limbs were blown down throughout town.
March 2003Thunderstorm WindPark Hills-Thunderstorm wind gusts caused minor damage in Park Hills. Roof shingles and a section of guttering were torn off a home. Some trees were also downed.
May 2003HailPark Hills-Storm spotters reported quarter size hail.
March 2008HailPark Hills-no account filed
April 2007HailPark Hills-no account filed
April 2007HailPark Hills-no account filed
May 2006HailPark Hills-no account filed
May 2006HailPark Hills-no account filed
September 2005Thunderstorm WindPark Hills-no account filed
August 2005LightningPark Hills-no account filed
August 2004Thunderstorm WindPark Hills-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindPark Hills-no account filed
May 2002Thunderstorm WindPark Hills-no account filed
October 2001Thunderstorm WindPark Hills-no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindPark Hills-no account filed

Every storm recorded in St. Francois 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
Saint Francois0.2 miles21
Flat River0.3 miles21
Rivermines0.8 miles21
Fairview Acres0.9 miles21
East Flat River0.9 miles21
Esther1.1 miles19
Federal1.1 miles21
Desloge1.2 miles21

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 Park HillsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q953562The 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 1669609. 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.