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Pevely, Missouri

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Joachim Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63070. It stands on Sandy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Herculaneum quadrangle. 6,026 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 440 feet above sea level.

Pevely within Jefferson County

On record in Pevely

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 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Pevely grew from 5,484 to 6,026 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
20105,484
20206,026+542 (+10%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 25 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

29 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Pevely between 2006 and 2020, burning about 50 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Debris and open burning8
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
22 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
13 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
12 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
8 July 2008Equipment and vehicle use10 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesUNION PACIFIC
6 June 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesVAL 1
30 June 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
18 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation230907-05013-04182020-0639
8 March 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 39 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 39 workings within 5 miles of Pevely: 29 past producers, 8 producers, 2 plants. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica. 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
(Facility) Herculaneum SmelterLead, SmelterPlant
Crystal City Sand PlantSand and Gravel, Construction, SilicaProducer
Bailey MinesLeadPast Producer
Festus Pit & PlantSilicaPast Producer
Martin Marietta Sand PitSilicaProducer
McClenahan's MinesLeadPast Producer
Unimin MineSilicaProducer
Unimin PlantSilicaProducer
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

23 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pevely in 23 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 12 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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
September 2003Thunderstorm WindPevely1 hurtThunderstorm wind gusts caused problems at the Pevely Fall Festival. Several tents were blown down and booths damaged. One woman suffered minor injuries when she was struck by a tent pole.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindPevely$5,000Thunderstorm winds blew a large down across a road.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindPevely-Thunderstorm winds downed several large, healthy branches and power lines near Pevely. The canopy at the Mr. Fuel Travel Center had large sections blown off with several trees in the vicinity snapped or uprooted.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindPevely-Thunderstorm winds blew down several large trees and numerous tree limbs in the Pevely, Herculaneum, and Festus areas.
April 2023Tornado (EF1)Pevely-A tornado formed on the northwest side of Pevely, MO around 634 PM CDT and tracked to the southeast into the northern portions of town producing minor roof, tree, siding and sign damage. After it crossed Pleasant Road it tracked in a more easterly direction, causing additional minor tree, power line and roof damage before lifting and dissipating on the western side of Oak Valley Golf Course and Resort. Overall the tornado was rated EF1 with a max wind speed of 100 mph. The path length was 0.93 miles with a max path width of 150 yards. No deaths or injuries were reported.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindPevely-Thunderstorm winds uprooted a large tree.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindPevely-Thunderstorm winds blew down a tree across Abbey Lane.
March 2025HailPevely-no account filed
March 2025HailPevely-no account filed
March 2012HailPevely-no account filed
March 2007HailPevely-no account filed
April 2007HailPevely-no account filed
April 2007HailPevely-no account filed
April 2006HailPevely-no account filed
May 2006HailPevely-no account filed
April 2006Thunderstorm WindPevely-no account filed
May 2006HailPevely-no account filed
May 2006HailPevely-no account filed
May 2005Thunderstorm WindPevely-no account filed
May 2003Thunderstorm WindPevely-no account filed
February 2000HailPevely-no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindPevely-no account filed
October 1996HailPevely-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
Riverside0.8 miles25
Herculaneum1.3 miles25
Bushburg1.8 miles25
Horine1.9 miles25
Engle (historical)2.6 miles25
Munsons2.8 miles25
Ludwig3.6 miles17
Silica3.7 miles17

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 PevelyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q953892The 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 724274. 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.