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.
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
Gustave Greystone-Meissner Houselisted 1974
Population over time
2 figuresPevely 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5,484 | |
| 2020 | 6,026 | +542 (+10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 25 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.
- 1912 USGS Kimmswick quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1916 USGS Kimmswick quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1948 USGS Kimmswick quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Herculaneum quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Kimmswick quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Festus quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Herculaneum quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
29 since 2006Regional 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/undetermined | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 13 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 12 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 8 July 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | UNION PACIFIC |
| 6 June 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | VAL 1 |
| 30 June 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 18 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 230907-05013-04182020-0639 |
| 8 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 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 39 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Herculaneum Smelter | Lead, Smelter | Plant | ||
| Crystal City Sand Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica | Producer | ||
| Bailey Mines | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Festus Pit & Plant | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Martin Marietta Sand Pit | Silica | Producer | ||
| McClenahan's Mines | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unimin Mine | Silica | Producer | ||
| Unimin Plant | Silica | Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead | Lead | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
23 since 1996Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pevely | 1 hurt | Thunderstorm 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pevely | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew a large down across a road. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pevely | - | 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pevely | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several large trees and numerous tree limbs in the Pevely, Herculaneum, and Festus areas. |
| April 2023 | Tornado (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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pevely | - | Thunderstorm winds uprooted a large tree. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pevely | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down a tree across Abbey Lane. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Pevely | - | no account filed |
| March 2025 | Hail | Pevely | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Pevely | - | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Hail | Pevely | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Pevely | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Pevely | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Pevely | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Pevely | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pevely | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Pevely | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Pevely | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pevely | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pevely | - | no account filed |
| February 2000 | Hail | Pevely | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pevely | - | no account filed |
| October 1996 | Hail | Pevely | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside | 0.8 miles | 25 | |
| Herculaneum | 1.3 miles | 25 | |
| Bushburg | 1.8 miles | 25 | |
| Horine | 1.9 miles | 25 | |
| Engle (historical) | 2.6 miles | 25 | |
| Munsons | 2.8 miles | 25 | |
| Ludwig | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| Silica | 3.7 miles | 17 |
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 Pevely | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q953892 | 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 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.











