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Cappeln, Missouri

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Boone Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63348. The Survey maps it on the New Melle quadrangle.

Cappeln within St. Charles County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 22 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

18 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Cappeln between 1994 and 2020, burning about 26 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
Debris and open burning11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
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 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
17 June 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177136-09221-06172018-1400
6 April 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178536-10928-04062019-1953
30 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.9 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176751-09221-04302018-1528
3 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
29 April 2018Debris and open burning2.5 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176730-09221-04292018-1414
27 April 2018Debris and open burning3.9 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176834-10952-04272018-1415
18 April 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation261386-09221-04182020-1637

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Charles County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Cappeln: 21 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dutzow Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Joerling Bros Quarry #1 & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Schiermeier Quarry 8 MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
J.D.Benus PitClayPast Producer
Niessing PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in St. Charles County

Storms near this place

5 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cappeln in 5 storm reports between 2011 and 2026: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. 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
April 2026Thunderstorm WindCappeln-Thunderstorm winds caused damage to power poles across the far western portion of the county, extending from New Melle north into Wentzville and Flint Hill. Along its path, there were multiple reports of snapped trees/branches, snapped power poles, downed lines, one downed transformer, and one home with shingles missing from its roof near New Melle. This thunderstorm went on to produce additional wind damage in Lincoln County.
April 2016Tornado (EF0)Cappeln-A weak EF-0 tornado briefly touched down just south of the intersection of Highway D and Highway T, roughly 4 miles west-southwest of New Melle. Trees were topped and twisted and metal roofing from a large outbuilding was thrown up to 200 yard to the north of the tornado path. The path length was 0.32 miles and max path width was 50 yards.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindCappeln-An enhanced area of wind damage was surveyed from 6 miles north-northwest of Marthasville (Warren County) to 1 mile north of Defiance (St. Charles County). The area of wind damage was roughly 3 miles wide and 20.5 miles long. Thousands of trees were either topped, snapped or uprooted in this swath. Many roads were blocked in this area due to fallen trees and power lines. There was also several outbuildings that lost roofs and residences that suffered minor damage. The wind is estimated to have been as high as 80 mph and lasted upward of 5 minutes according to eyewitness accounts.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindCappeln-Thunderstorm winds snapped off several trees near Highway D and Sneak Road.
April 2011HailCappeln-no account filed

Every storm recorded in St. Charles 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
Femme Osage3.3 miles22
New Melle3.6 miles22
Schluersburg5.6 miles24
Pauldingville6.3 miles24
Mechanicsville7.5 miles24
Nona8.1 miles21
Dartmound (historical)8.3 miles21
Augusta8.3 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 755856. 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.