Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
“Wolf-Ruebeling House was a historic home near Defiance, St. It was built between about 1857 and 1859, and was a two-story, vernacular style brick I-house with Classical Revival style design references.”
Wikipedia article Wolf-Ruebeling House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 40 National Register listings published here for St. Charles County · listed in 1983 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Wolf-Ruebeling House between 2006 and 2020, burning about 11 acres 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/undetermined | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 15 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 10 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 1 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 10 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 11 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 8 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 241105-09222-04082020-1900 |
| 3 April 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 135284-09222-04032016-2229 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Wolf-Ruebeling House: 10 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamburg Squarry | Stone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Babler State Park Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Defiance Quarry and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Meyer Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Defiance, the town this property stands in, in 16 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 7 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood. The reports record 8 injuries. 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 2013 | Tornado (EF3) | Defiance | 8 hurt, $50,000,000 | A tornado touched down about four miles southwest of Weldon Spring in St. Charles County, Missouri. It downed trees, blew over empty tractor trailers, and caused minor damage to construction equipment. It moved east-northeast into Weldon Spring Heights and the Missouri Research Park (on the south side of Weldon Spring) causing roof, window, and solar panel damage to a few structures as well as downing more trees before crossing Interstate 64. The tornado passed within one half of a mile of the National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office which is located in the Missouri Research Park. The tornado continued moving east-northeast through densely populated residential areas of southern St. Charles County, south of Highway 94. Roofing was torn off of Bryan Middle School and blown 100 yards, many houses suffered varying degrees of roof (from minor damage to removal of entire roof), wall (from minor damage to total collapse), and overall structural damage, and thousands of trees were damaged. The most intense damage, rated EF3, occurred on Haversham Drive where only the interior walls were left standing of three homes. The tornado began to move a bit more easterly, widening to nearly 1000 yards (or a half-mile), causing damage in residential areas and the St. Charles Family Arena before crossing the Missouri River into St. Louis County just south of Interstate 70.||The tornado caused damage to 765 homes in St. Charles County. Seven hundred twenty-three homes suffered minor damage, 34 homes suffered major damage, and 8 homes were destroyed. Three hundred forty-eight businesses sustained minor damage, while 25 businesses had major damage. Cleanup costs alone for St. Charles County was 2.4 million dollars, with approximately 50,000 tons of tree and limb debris removed. There were 8 minor injuries due to the tornado.||The path length of the tornado in St. Charles County was 14.8 miles with a max path width of 950 yards. The damage for this segment was estimated to be EF3 with max wind speeds of 150 MPH. Overall, the entire tornado path length was 31.8 miles with a max path width of 1 mile and a maximum damage rating of EF3. |
| May 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Defiance | - | A tornado touched down just south of Indian Ridge Lane, 2.9 miles northwest of Defiance. As it tracked to the east northeast it snapped off or uprooted several large trees, as well as snapping off numerous tree limbs. No structural damage was reported. The tornado lifted and dissipated around 3 miles north of Defiance. Overall, the tornado was rated EF0 with a path length of 2.23 miles and a max path width of 50 yards. No deaths or injuries were reported. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Defiance | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down a tree near the intersection of Highway 94 and Highway DD. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Defiance | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs onto Highway 94 in Defiance. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Defiance | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees near the intersection of Highway 94 and Highway DD. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Defiance | - | Thunderstorm winds snapped off several large trees in southwestern St. Charles County between Highway DD and Highway 94. |
| October 2009 | Flash Flood | Defiance | - | Two to four inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. Numerous roads were flooded including Highway N about 2 miles west of Cottleville. |
| February 2008 | Hail | Defiance | - | Hail was covering the ground. |
| February 2006 | Hail | Defiance | - | A storm spotter reported 1 inch hail northwest of Defiance. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Defiance | - | Storm spotters reported 8 to 10 inch tree limbs blown down along Highway 94. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Defiance | - | no account filed |
| May 2025 | Hail | Defiance | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Defiance | - | no account filed |
| February 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Defiance | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Defiance | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Defiance | - | no account filed |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Isaac McCormick House | 4.4 miles | 2004 |
| Daniel Boone Hays House | 5.9 miles | 1973 | |
 | Daniel Boone House | 6.7 miles | 1973 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 83001038 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| St. Charles County | All 40 listed properties in this county. |
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