Caledonia, Missouri
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Bellevue Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63631. It stands on Reynolds Branch. The Survey maps it on the Belgrade quadrangle. 131 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 915 feet above sea level.
On record in Caledonia
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
Caledonia Historic Districtlisted 1986
Harrison Queen Houselisted 2002
Population over time
2 figuresCaledonia grew from 130 to 131 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 130 | |
| 2020 | 131 | +1 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 21 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1906 USGS Potosi quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Belgrade quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Potosi quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Farmington quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Farmington quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
24 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Caledonia between 1992 and 2020, burning about 437 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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 burning | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 June 1998 | Debris and open burning | 14 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 14 June 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 155 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | LAREDO |
| 8 April 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 28 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 220575-11040-04282020-1735 |
| 26 April 2000 | Smoking | 20 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | PRUITT MOUNTAIN |
| 12 April 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 29 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176319-09401-03042018-1541 |
| 3 March 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Caledonia: 8 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Lead, Flagstone, Lead, Silver, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peach Orchard Diggings | Lead, Silver, Zinc | Occurrence | Galena, Smithsonite | |
| Unknown-Ss | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Dry Fork Diggings | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Eversole Mine | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Swallow Mine | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Adams Property | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Nicholson Bank | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Robinson Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown-Iron | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
20 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Caledonia in 20 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 10 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caledonia | $500,000 | Strong winds tore the roofs off a laundromat and feed store along Highways 21 and 32. Union Electric had to clear pieces of sheet metal and building material from overhead power lines. Trees were also uprooted or blown down through out the community. Many of the trees fell on buildings or cars causing further damage. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Caledonia | - | Quarter sized hail fell in Caledonia. Some hailstones may have been slightly larger than quarters. |
| April 2025 | Flash Flood | Caledonia | - | The Dent Branch of the Big River was reportedly swiftly running over Highway C where a bridge crosses the road. Rainfall totals through the event were on the order of 2.5 to 4.3 inches. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caledonia | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down two large trees in town. |
| October 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caledonia | - | A trained spotter reported that his personal weather station recorded an unofficial wind gust of 85 mph at 346 am as the storms moved through. There were numerous trees blown down along Highway 21 south of Caledonia, as well as along Highway 32 east of town. Just west northwest of Irondale, several trees were blown down along State Highway U near Hunt Lane. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caledonia | - | Thunderstorm winds snapped off a power pole in Caledonia. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caledonia | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down a tree. It fell onto nearby power lines, pulling them down as well. |
| July 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Caledonia | - | A tornado briefly touched down north of Caledonia in a wooded area. It was captured on video by two different trained spotters. Tree debris could be seen in the air once it touched down. No other damage was found or reported. It was rated EF0 with a max path length of approximately two tenths of a mile and an estimated path width of 100 yards. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caledonia | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several tree limbs just north of Caledonia onto Highway 21. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caledonia | - | Several large trees were blown over onto Route C near Highway 21. |
| April 2002 | Tornado (F1) | Caledonia | - | A tornado formed in southeast Washington County just south of Caledonia. The tornado formed in a wooded area them moved east to a home near Highway 21 and Buford Farm Road. An unoccupied mobile home was destroyed and several vehicles were severely damaged. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caledonia | - | County sheriff reported trees down on county road 627. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Caledonia | - | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Hail | Caledonia | - | no account filed |
| April 2024 | Hail | Caledonia | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Caledonia | - | no account filed |
| October 2014 | Hail | Caledonia | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Caledonia | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caledonia | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caledonia | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgrade | 4.4 miles | 21 | |
| Holiday Shores | 5.5 miles | 24 | |
| Peoria | 5.9 miles | 23 | |
| Irondale | 6.9 miles | 20 | |
| Sunlight | 7.1 miles | 23 | |
| Horton Town | 8.1 miles | 23 | |
| Hopewell | 9.3 miles | 20 | |
| Bates Creek Camp | 10.2 miles | 21 |
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 Caledonia | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q594529 | The 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 749157. 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.













