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Caldwell County, Missouri

39 topographic sheets cover 21 settlements here, and 3 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

Research this county

From the record

3 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Missouri within the United States
Caldwell County within Missouri

What the record shows

  • 254 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 3 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 2 buildings and 1 site.
  • 2 of the 3 listings were added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 21 populated places in this county; 21 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

3

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
Caldwell County Courthousebuilding197272000707
Far Westsite197070000324
Switzer, P.A. Residencebuilding2024100009692

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

32 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 32 of them, burning about 1,382 acres. None started naturally and 1 was recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Arson/incendiarism1

The five largest, by the area the report gives. None of them was recorded as arson.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
23 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined902 acresMissouri Department of ConservationHIGHWAY E
7 April 2018Debris and open burning211 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177697-02581-04072018-1526
16 February 2018Debris and open burning54 acresMissouri Department of Conservation165995-02581-02162018-1227
11 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined49 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177623-02515-04112018-1535
14 June 2018Debris and open burning25 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177827-02581-06142018-1514
3 March 2018Debris and open burning20 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177335-08922-03032018-1214
4 January 2002Debris and open burning15 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
26 November 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1955 to 2026

60 of 219 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 219 reports for this county, causing 1 death, 4 injuries and about $3,378,500 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Hail102
Thunderstorm Wind84
Flash Flood13
Tornado11
Flood9

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 1975Tornado (F4)not stated1 killed, 3 hurt, $2,500,000no account filed
March 1955Tornado (F3)not stated1 hurt, $250,000no account filed
March 1955Tornado (F3)not stated$250,000no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindPolo$70,000A storm survey team from the National Weather Service Office in Pleasant Hill, MO reported straight line wind damage in Polo and Braymer. Several sheds were damaged in Polo. On County Road KK along the southeast side of Braymer, a doublewide mobile home was destroyed. Diagonally across the street from the destroyed mobile home, a barn, a chicken house and a grain bin were destroyed on a farmsted. A horse on this property was killed by flying debris.
September 1993HailKingston$50,000Numerous windows were broken by baseball-size hail in Kingston. Heavy rains also flooded County Roads U and A. Shoal Creek overtopped levees flooding approximately 10,000 acres at a lost of over $2 million.
April 1994Thunderstorm WindHamilton$50,000no account filed
August 2005Thunderstorm WindCowgill$25,000Two barns were destroyed.
October 1998Thunderstorm WindKidder$25,000Several outbuildings damaged and trees downed. wind speed estimated.
May 2004HailNettleton$25,000no account filed
March 1974Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
January 1967Tornado (F0)not stated$25,000no account filed
May 2021Thunderstorm WindCowgill$15,000Property owner near Cowgill reported a few 1 to 2 foot diameter trees down, along with some shingle damage to the roof of the home and a metal roof peeled back on the barn.
September 2000Thunderstorm WindHamilton$15,000Law enforcement officials reported trees and power lines down, and minor damage to a building.
October 2021Tornado (EF1)Mirabile$10,000This tornado developed just east of Interstate 35 in Clinton County, MO. It quickly crossed into Caldwell County, MO where it damaged several trees and a few buildings. The tornado dissipated just east of Goose Creek and State Route D.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindHamilton$10,000A large tree was reported down on a vehicle parked at a residence in Hamilton, Missouri.
September 2001Thunderstorm WindHamilton$10,000Building blown down next to grain silo. Numerous trees and power lines down. A propane tank was blown over. An ambulance was blown of the road.
June 1996Thunderstorm WindKingston$5,000no account filed
April 1995HailKingston$5,000no account filed
December 1975Tornado (F1)not stated$2,500no account filed
June 2010Thunderstorm WindKidder$2,000Semi truck was blown over at the intersection of Highways 36 and 7.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindPolo$2,000Power lines were downed with power outages reported across the county.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindMirabile$2,000no account filed
May 2008Thunderstorm WindMirabile$1,000Damage was reported to a trailer.
March 2006Thunderstorm WindCowgill$1,000Trees and power lines down.
November 2005Thunderstorm WindPolo$1,000Plate glass window blown out of business.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindPolo$1,000Minor damage to a building and trees down.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindCowgill$1,000Large tree and power lines down.
April 2026HailHamilton-Quarter sized hail reported just south of Hamilton.
April 2026HailNettleton-Quarter sized hail reported north of Hamilton.
April 2026HailHamilton-Quarter sized hail reported east of Hamilton.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindHamilton-Downed wires and power outages in the Hamilton area.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindMirabile-Social media report of downed tree on County Road 465.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindPolo-Downed wires and power outages near Route 116 west of Polo.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindKingston-Damaged out buildings and roof blown off machine shed.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindPolo-Downed tree and wires near Holstein Road.
March 2024HailCowgill-Quarter sized hail just southeast of Cowgill.
October 2024Thunderstorm WindHamilton-Estimated 60 mph wind gusts in the Liberty area.
October 2024HailMirabile-Mping report of quarter size hail north of Elmira.
June 2023HailPolo-Quarter sized hail was reported in Polo.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindBraymer-Power line downed in Braymer.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindCowgill-Estimated 60 mph winds with trees and power lines downed in Cowgill.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindBreckenridge-Estimated 60 mph wind gusts in Breckenridge.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindKingston-Emergency management reported 60 mph wind gust.
June 2021FloodPolo-Several roads in and around Polo were flooded, and a few vehicles stalled under the railroad viaduct in Polo.
June 2021Flash FloodPolo-The sewage treatment plant in Polo was flooded.
June 2021FloodCowgill-There was a social media report of some flooding over Highway F near Cowgill.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindPolo-A large tree was down in the city of Polo with several other large limbs down across the town.
May 2019FloodBraymer-Route N was closed in both directions.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindCowgill-A 5 inch tree limb was snapped. Report was received via social media.
October 2018Tornado (EF0)Polo-This is a continuation of a tornado that formed in northern Ray County and crossed Price Road into Caldwell County. The tornado did some minor tree damage along its path.
April 2017FloodBraymer-State Route N was closed due to flooding along Mud Creek.
April 2017FloodCatawba-State Route A was closed due to flooding along Shoal and Panther Creeks.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindKidder-Report of a shed roof blown onto the road approximately 4 miles north of HWY 136 on Route N.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindBraymer-Several outbuildings were damaged across portions of Caldwell County near Braymer.
August 2016Flash FloodCatawba-Route A near Shoal Creek was closed due to flash flooding.
August 2016Flash FloodBraymer-Highway N near Mud Creek was closed due to flash flooding.
September 2016FloodBlack Oak-State Route E was closed in both directions due to flooding on Mud Creek. While the damage was largely minimal the amount of damage was unknown.
September 2016FloodHamilton-State Route F was closed due to flooding on Shoal Creek. While the damage was largely minimal the amount of damage was unknown.
September 2016FloodBarwick-Ten inches of water was reported over tri-county line road and 324th St over a 100 yard span. While the damage was largely minimal the amount of damage was unknown.
September 2016FloodBraymer-State Routes C, D, DD were closed from Utica to Plymouth. While the damage was largely minimal the amount of damage was unknown.

Mines and quarries

27 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 27 workings inside this county. 4 still produce and 23 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Stone, Crushed/Broken27
Sand and Gravel, Construction1

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bridgewater QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Braymer QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Breckenridge QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Everett Qsy # 6Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Nettelton QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknowStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
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Every populated place in the county

21

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.

Provenance

  • Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
  • Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
  • Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
  • 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.