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Caplinger Mills, Missouri

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65785. It lies near Ritchson Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Caplinger Mills quadrangle.

Caplinger Mills within Cedar County

On record in Caplinger Mills

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

37 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Caplinger Mills between 1992 and 2019, burning about 738 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 burning31
Arson/incendiarism3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3

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
27 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
26 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 July 1992Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 April 1998Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
28 April 2018Debris and open burning6.3 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176733-02007-04282018-2124
24 April 2018Debris and open burning4.4 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176685-02007-04242018-1500
2 April 1995Debris and open burning25 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
14 April 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cedar County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Caplinger Mills: 3 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
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cedar County

Storms near this place

20 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Caplinger Mills in 20 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 8 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 3 flood, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2013HailCaplinger Mills$50,000Several houses had roof damage and cars had hail damage due to the large hail stones.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindCaplinger Mills$5,000Power lines were downed by severe thunderstorm wind gusts.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindCaplinger Mills$1,000Minor roof damage was reported to a trailer home.
June 2024Flash FloodCaplinger Mills-State Highway K was closed due to flooding of Cedar Creek.
May 2022FloodCaplinger Mills-State Highway K was closed due to flooding on Cedar Creek.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindCaplinger Mills-Several large trees were blown down near North Street and North Spur.
June 2013FloodCaplinger Mills-Route K was closed.
March 2008FloodCaplinger Mills-This flooding is a continuation of the flash flooding. Poor drainage areas continued to flood roadways and lowlands near rivers and creeks.
March 2008Flash FloodCaplinger Mills-Saturated antecedent conditions existed prior to this period of excessive rainfall. Some regional locations experienced record rainfall totals from February and March. One to three inches of rain fell across the county causing widespread flash flooding of low water crossings, county roads, and low lying areas near creeks and rivers. Ultimately, all locations that typically flood during periods of excessive rainfall were flooded.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindCaplinger Mills-Thunderstorm wind gusts knocked over a large tree.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindCaplinger Mills-Thunderstorm wind gusts downed several trees and power lines.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindCaplinger Mills-A few trees were downed from thunderstorm wind gusts.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindCaplinger Mills-Thunderstorm wind gusts downed a tree.
March 2007HailCaplinger Mills-no account filed
June 2001HailCaplinger Mills-no account filed
March 2000HailCaplinger Mills-no account filed
April 2000Thunderstorm WindCaplinger Mills-no account filed
April 1998HailCaplinger Mills-no account filed
March 1997HailCaplinger Mills-no account filed
March 1996HailCaplinger Mills-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cedar 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
Graceland3.3 miles18
Ivy3.6 miles18
Fairview (historical)3.7 miles18
Claud5.1 miles17
Hackleman Corner5.4 miles18
Arnica5.9 miles17
Edsall (historical)6.3 miles14
Stockton6.6 miles15

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 Caplinger MillsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3471845The 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 729854. 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.