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Bellefontaine, Missouri

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Chesterfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63017. The Survey maps it on the Chesterfield quadrangle.

Bellefontaine within St. Louis County

On record in Bellefontaine

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 26 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

5 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Bellefontaine between 2007 and 2008, burning about 3 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/undetermined4
Recreation and ceremony1

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
29 June 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
27 June 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
23 April 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
5 November 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
9 October 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri 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 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Bellefontaine: 10 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Fern Ridge QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Thompson and Gray Company QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in St. Louis County

Storms near this place

20 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bellefontaine in 20 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 death. 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 2023Thunderstorm WindSouth Bellefontaine1 killedWidespread wind damage across the northern portions of St. Louis County as a line of storms moved through. Numerous large trees, tree limbs, power poles and power lines were blown down. In Jennings, a very large tree was snapped off (possibly due to a lightning strike) and landed on a home, crushing a 5 year old boy in his bedroom. He was rescued and taken to a nearby hospital, but was pronounced dead soon after. The house next door sustained major roof damage from this large tree as well. A large tree branch, approximately two feet in diameter, was blown down onto an unoccupied car just east of Chesterfield. In Kirkwood, a large tree was uprooted and as it fell it damaged the corner of a home. Otherwise, widespread tree damage was reported in St. Ann, Clayton, University City, Creve Coeur, Overland, Florissant, Black Jack and Spanish Lake. Over 100,000 customers (St. Louis County/St. Louis City) were without power due to this storm. It took a little over 4 days to restore power to all of them.
April 2024Tornado (EF0)South Bellefontaine$100,000An EF0 tornado with peak winds of 85 mph touched down just northeast of the Interstate 64 and Highway 340 interchange. The tornado traveled 2 miles east-northeast for approximately 3 minutes before lifting just west of Highway 141. Several tree limbs were damaged with minor damage to the roofs of multiple residences. Overall, the path length was 2.01 miles and the max path width was 332 yards. No deaths or injuries were reported.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindSouth Bellefontaine$25,000Thunderstorm winds tore the roof off a garage and off a portion of the connected home. There was also damage to the roof's trim.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindSouth Bellefontaine$20,000A mid-sized home experienced damage to the entire front side of their roof from thunderstorm winds. As the roof was covered in tarp, the extent of the damage is unknown.
April 2024Flash FloodSouth Bellefontaine$1,000Official NWS observations saw multiple urban creeks rise well above flood stage, including Two Mile Creek which went above moderate. Cold Water Creek flooded over a nearby roadway. In Chesterfield, plastic trash cans and barrels were floating in the street.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindSouth Bellefontaine-Thunderstorm winds snapped two large trees near their base.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindSouth Bellefontaine-Thunderstorm winds blew down several power lines near the intersection of Chesterfield Parkway East and Schoettler Valley Drive.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindSouth Bellefontaine-A medium sized tree was snapped off. Report received via Twitter with picture.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindSouth Bellefontaine-Thunderstorm winds blew down a few power lines in Chesterfield and a couple of very large tree limbs in Ballwin.
April 2013Thunderstorm WindSouth Bellefontaine-Thunderstorm winds blew off part of the roof of Shenandoah Valley Elementary School. Six class rooms sustained both wind and water damage. School was not in session, so no injuries reported.
June 2011Flash FloodSouth Bellefontaine-Between 2 and 3 inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. A retention bond just north of Ladue Road on Highway 141 blew out flooding parts of Highway 141. Also, there was between 6 and 8 inches of water over Natural Bridge Road near Interstate 70.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindSouth Bellefontaine-Thunderstorm winds blew down several 14 to 16 inch diameter tree limbs on the east side of Chesterfield. Also, the winds blew off part of the roof of a small storage building just north of Lambert Field.
May 2025HailSouth Bellefontaine-no account filed
May 2025HailSouth Bellefontaine-no account filed
May 2025HailSouth Bellefontaine-no account filed
May 2025HailSouth Bellefontaine-no account filed
May 2025HailSouth Bellefontaine-no account filed
June 2012HailSouth Bellefontaine-no account filed
April 2011HailSouth Bellefontaine-no account filed
March 2008HailSouth Bellefontaine-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
Chesterfield1.3 miles26
Lake2.4 miles26
Hine2.4 miles26
Loehr3.0 miles29
Clarkson Valley3.2 miles29
Gumbo3.4 miles26
Stevens3.6 miles26
Benbush3.9 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 755746. 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.