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.
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
Caplinger Mills Historic Districtlisted 1993
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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.
- 1886 USGS Stockton quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1939 USGS Caplinger Mills quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1941 USGS Caplinger Mills quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Bolivar quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Caplinger Mills quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
37 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 31 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 26 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 July 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 April 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 28 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 6.3 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176733-02007-04282018-2124 |
| 24 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 4.4 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176685-02007-04242018-1500 |
| 2 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 14 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
20 since 1996Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2013 | Hail | Caplinger Mills | $50,000 | Several houses had roof damage and cars had hail damage due to the large hail stones. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caplinger Mills | $5,000 | Power lines were downed by severe thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caplinger Mills | $1,000 | Minor roof damage was reported to a trailer home. |
| June 2024 | Flash Flood | Caplinger Mills | - | State Highway K was closed due to flooding of Cedar Creek. |
| May 2022 | Flood | Caplinger Mills | - | State Highway K was closed due to flooding on Cedar Creek. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caplinger Mills | - | Several large trees were blown down near North Street and North Spur. |
| June 2013 | Flood | Caplinger Mills | - | Route K was closed. |
| March 2008 | Flood | Caplinger Mills | - | This flooding is a continuation of the flash flooding. Poor drainage areas continued to flood roadways and lowlands near rivers and creeks. |
| March 2008 | Flash Flood | Caplinger 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 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caplinger Mills | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts knocked over a large tree. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caplinger Mills | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts downed several trees and power lines. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caplinger Mills | - | A few trees were downed from thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caplinger Mills | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts downed a tree. |
| March 2007 | Hail | Caplinger Mills | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Caplinger Mills | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Caplinger Mills | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caplinger Mills | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Caplinger Mills | - | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Hail | Caplinger Mills | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Caplinger Mills | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graceland | 3.3 miles | 18 | |
| Ivy | 3.6 miles | 18 | |
| Fairview (historical) | 3.7 miles | 18 | |
| Claud | 5.1 miles | 17 | |
| Hackleman Corner | 5.4 miles | 18 | |
| Arnica | 5.9 miles | 17 | |
| Edsall (historical) | 6.3 miles | 14 | |
| Stockton | 6.6 miles | 15 |
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 Mills | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3471845 | 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 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.







