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Webster Groves, Missouri

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Jefferson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63119. It stands on Shady Grove Creek. The Survey maps it on the Webster Groves quadrangle. 24,010 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 558 feet above sea level.

Webster Groves within St. Louis County

On record in Webster Groves

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 12 records

Population over time

2 figures

Webster Groves grew from 22,995 to 24,010 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
201022,995
202024,010+1,015 (+4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 23 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

2 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Webster Groves between 2006 and 2007, burning about 1 acre in total. None started naturally. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2

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
15 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
9 October 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Louis County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 60 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 60 workings within 5 miles of Webster Groves: 56 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory), Perlite. 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
Delore Barite MillBarium-BariteProducer
Krummel and Buchner MineCoal, Fire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
St Louis Perlite PlantPerliteProducer
Tole and Thorp Fireclay MineFire Clay (Refractory), CoalPast Producer
Coffin MineFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Evans and Howard Fireclay Mine No 7Fire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Evans and Howard Fireclay Mine No.6Fire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Gilker Fireclay MineFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Grandview Fireclay MineFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Jamieson MineFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer

Every working recorded in St. Louis County

Storms near this place

22 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Webster Groves in 22 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 12 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 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 2022Tornado (EF0)Webster Groves$50,000A weak tornado formed off of East Jefferson Avenue in Kirkwood and began moving north/northeastward through the Glendale neighborhood. Here, it produced tree damage, with a tree falling on a house, causing damage to the house. The tornado continued northward, crossing Manchester Road near Bennett Avenue while producing more tree damage. The tornado crossed through Old Warson Country Club and then dissipated as it crossed Litzsinger Road. Overall, the tornado was rated EF0 with a path length of 3.01 miles and a max path width of 75 yards. No deaths or injuries were reported.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindWebster Groves-Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous large tree limbs in Glendale.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindWebster Groves-A large tree was blown down in Oakland.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindWebster Groves-Thunderstorm winds blew down a couple of trees in Oakland. One large tree caused moderate damage to a home and pulled down power lines.
May 2008HailWebster Groves-Storm spotters reported hail up to one inch at Laclede Station Road and Big Bend Blvd.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindWebster Groves-Some large trees were blown down.
November 2005Thunderstorm WindWebster Groves-Thunderstorm wind gusts caused tree damage in the Big Bend and Lockwood Road area. A couple of vehicles and homes were damaged by large tree limbs.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindWebster Groves-Storm spotters reported large tree limbs blown down.
July 2004HailWebster Groves-Storm spotters reported 1 inch hail.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindWebster Groves-no account filed
May 2011HailWebster Groves-no account filed
June 2010Thunderstorm WindWebster Groves-no account filed
July 2006Thunderstorm WindWebster Groves-no account filed
July 2004HailWebster Groves-no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindWebster Groves-no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindWebster Groves-no account filed
July 2004HailWebster Groves-no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindWebster Groves-no account filed
April 2003HailWebster Groves-no account filed
May 2003HailWebster Groves-no account filed
May 2003HailWebster Groves-no account filed
April 1996HailWebster Groves-no account filed

Every storm recorded in St. Louis 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
Glendale1.1 miles22
Shrewsbury1.1 miles23
Rock Hill1.5 miles22
Lake Junction1.6 miles23
Warson Woods1.7 miles22
Brentwood1.8 miles23
Oakland1.9 miles22
Marlborough1.9 miles23

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 Webster GrovesAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q943352The 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 756880. 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.