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.
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
- Eugene Field Schoollisted 2005
- Howlett Gulflisted 2019
Population over time
2 figuresPark 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 8,759 | |
| 2020 | 8,587 | -172 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 21 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 Flat River quadrangle1:24000, 4 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
12 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 April 1993 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 11 April 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 10 April 1992 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | not named |
| 22 March 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 17 March 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 16 March 2016 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 138114-09401-03162016-1348 |
| 10 March 1992 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 28 February 1992 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 88 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonne Terre | Lead, Copper, Nickel, Cobalt | Past Producer | 1821 | |
| Bonne Terre Mill | Dolomite | Producer | ||
| Bonne Terre Mine | Lead, Copper, Zinc, Cobalt, Nickel | Past Producer | 1864, 1868 | |
| Bonne Terre Quarry and Mill | Magnesite | Producer | ||
| Flat River Sub-District | Lead, Zinc, Silver | Past Producer | 1742 | |
| Leadwood Plant | Stone | Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay Kaolin | Kaolin | Past Producer | ||
| Flat River | Lead, Copper, Zinc, Cadmium, Cobalt, Nickel | Past Producer | 1890 | |
| Hazel Run Mines | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Leadwood Mine | Lead, Copper, Zinc, Cadmium, Cobalt, Nickel | Producer | 1898, 1903 |
Storms near this place
19 since 1995Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park Hills | $20,000 | Golf 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 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park Hills | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several power lines and small trees around town. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park 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 2006 | Tornado (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 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park Hills | - | Numerous large tree limbs were blown down throughout town. |
| March 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park 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 2003 | Hail | Park Hills | - | Storm spotters reported quarter size hail. |
| March 2008 | Hail | Park Hills | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Park Hills | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Park Hills | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Park Hills | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Park Hills | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park Hills | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Lightning | Park Hills | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park Hills | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park Hills | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park Hills | - | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park Hills | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park Hills | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Francois | 0.2 miles | 21 | |
| Flat River | 0.3 miles | 21 | |
| Rivermines | 0.8 miles | 21 | |
| Fairview Acres | 0.9 miles | 21 | |
| East Flat River | 0.9 miles | 21 | |
| Esther | 1.1 miles | 19 | |
| Federal | 1.1 miles | 21 | |
| Desloge | 1.2 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 Park Hills | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q953562 | 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 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.














