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Steelville, Missouri

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Meramec Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65565. It stands on Yadkin Creek. The Survey maps it on the Steelville quadrangle. 1,472 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 748 feet above sea level.

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Steelville within Crawford County

On record in Steelville

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

Steelville fell from 1,642 to 1,472 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
20101,642
20201,472-170 (-10%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 22 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

41 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Steelville between 1992 and 2019, burning about 246 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Debris and open burning35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Arson/incendiarism1

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
1 May 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 April 2002Debris and open burning7.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 April 2002Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 April 1992Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 April 2002Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
3 April 2002Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
24 April 1997Debris and open burning15 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 April 1997Debris and open burning24 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crawford County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Steelville: 22 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory), 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Collins MineClay, IronPast Producer
Halbert's DiggingsIron, LeadPast Producer
Unknown - ClayFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Zane MineSulfur-PyritePast Producer
Meramac River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Card MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Crawford County

Storms near this place

59 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Steelville in 59 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 27 hail, 26 thunderstorm wind, 3 flood, 2 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
July 2002Thunderstorm WindSteelville$100,000no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindSteelville$35,000no account filed
May 2008Thunderstorm WindSteelville$5,000Local law enforcement reported trees and power lines down.
September 1993Tornado (F0)Steelville$5,000A tornado touched down briefly along County Road T damaging a roof of a house and knocking down an area of trees.
June 1999Tornado (F0)Steelville$1,000no account filed
June 1995Thunderstorm WindSteelville$300Power poles and lines were knocked down causing widespread power outages.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindSteelville$200Large trees were blown down and blocked county roads around Steelville.
March 2019HailSteelville-Via Facebook post with picture.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindSteelville-Thunderstorm winds blew down several large trees about a mile south of Steelville.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindSteelville-Several large tree limbs were blown down onto power lines around town.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindSteelville-Thunderstorm winds blew down a couple of power lines in Steelville. Also, a tree was blown down onto Long Spring Road near intersection with Route BB.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindSteelville-Thunderstorm winds blew down several large trees, numerous tree limbs and power lines around town.
April 2013Thunderstorm WindSteelville-Numerous trees blown down around town.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindSteelville-Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous trees around town. A few of the trees landed on power lines, knocking them down. One home had a window broken on the east side of Steelville.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindSteelville-Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree on Spring Street.
September 2008FloodSteelville-Three to four inches of rain fell in a short amount of time on already saturated soils due to the remnants of Hurricane Ike. Several creeks in the Steelville area, including Yadkin Creek, were out of their banks for a time and several roads in the area were flooded.
January 2007FloodSteelville-Several inches of rain caused flooding of small creeks and streams and low-water crossings mainly across southern Crawford County.
April 2006HailSteelville-Storm spotters reported 1 inch hail along Highway 8.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindSteelville-Some trees and large limbs were blown down on Long Spring Road southeast of Steelville.
May 2002HailSteelville-Storm spotters reported nickel size hail just north of Steelville.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindSteelville-The County Sheriff reported trees down on county roads southwest of Steelville.
September 2001Flash FloodSteelville-Heavy rain caused some flash flooding in the Steelville area. Several roads around town and streets in town were flooded. Flooded low-water crossings closed several roads.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindSteelville-The Missouri Highway Patrol reported wind gusts to 60 mph at Cuba. Several minutes later the county sheriff reported high wind gusts in Steelville as well.
April 1994HailSteelville-The local agriculture office reported 0.75-inch-diameter hail and over two inches of rainfall. The county sheriff also reported wind gusts in excess of 50 mph.
March 2025HailSteelville-no account filed
March 2025HailSteelville-no account filed
May 2022HailSteelville-no account filed
May 2022HailSteelville-no account filed
April 2022HailSteelville-no account filed
March 2019HailSteelville-no account filed
August 2012HailSteelville-no account filed
December 2010HailSteelville-no account filed
December 2008Thunderstorm WindSteelville-no account filed
March 2008HailSteelville-no account filed
August 2008HailSteelville-no account filed
August 2008HailSteelville-no account filed
March 2008HailSteelville-no account filed
March 2008HailSteelville-no account filed
March 2008FloodSteelville-no account filed
March 2008HailSteelville-no account filed
March 2006HailSteelville-no account filed
March 2006HailSteelville-no account filed
March 2006HailSteelville-no account filed
March 2006HailSteelville-no account filed
April 2006HailSteelville-no account filed
April 2006HailSteelville-no account filed
September 2005Thunderstorm WindSteelville-no account filed
September 2005Thunderstorm WindSteelville-no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindSteelville-no account filed
August 2004Thunderstorm WindSteelville-no account filed
May 2003Thunderstorm WindSteelville-no account filed
August 2002Thunderstorm WindSteelville-no account filed
February 2000HailSteelville-no account filed
March 1999HailSteelville-no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindSteelville-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindSteelville-no account filed
November 1998Thunderstorm WindSteelville-no account filed
November 1998Thunderstorm WindSteelville-no account filed
April 1996HailSteelville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Crawford 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
Sankey (historical)0.9 miles22
Wildwoods1.4 miles22
Midland1.6 miles22
Birds Nest2.0 miles22
Idlewild3.8 miles19
Elaver4.0 miles22
Patsy4.4 miles22
Lead Branch Junction4.6 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 SteelvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q581269The 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 752345. 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.