Cottleville, Missouri
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Dardenne Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63304. It stands on Crooked Creek. The Survey maps it on the Weldon Spring quadrangle. 5,611 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 495 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresCottleville grew from 3,075 to 5,611 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 | 3,075 | |
| 2020 | 5,611 | +2,536 (+82%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 25 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.
- 1903 USGS O'Fallon quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1937 USGS Weldon Spring quadrangle1:24000
- 1940 USGS Weldon Spring quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Weldon Spring quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Weldon Spring quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS St Louis quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1994 USGS Weldon Spring quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
52 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Cottleville between 2006 and 2017, burning about 22 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 4 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 23 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 20 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 15 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 10 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 1 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 10 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Cottleville: 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Weldon Springs Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
29 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cottleville in 29 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 19 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind. 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 2001 | Hail | Cottleville | $50,000,000 | no account filed |
| May 2025 | Hail | Cottleville | - | The caller also reported estimated 60 mph winds with the hail. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Cottleville | - | A photo of the hail was provided by Spectrum News. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Cottleville | - | The photo of the hailstone was received via social media. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cottleville | - | Thunderstorm winds downed multiple tree limbs on Parkwood Drive. In the Park Charles neighborhood, thunderstorm winds caused lots of damage to trees and knocked out the power. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Cottleville | - | Reports of 1 inch hailstones in Weldon Spring, Harvester, and St. Charles. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cottleville | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree limb. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cottleville | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous large tree limbs in St. Peters and Harvester areas. |
| April 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cottleville | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree branch and two large trees. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cottleville | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cottleville | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous large tree limbs. Also, a tree was blown over onto a home in St. Peters causing minor damage. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cottleville | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree. Part of the tree fell onto a house causing moderate damage. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Cottleville | - | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Hail | Cottleville | - | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Hail | Cottleville | - | no account filed |
| May 2025 | Hail | Cottleville | - | no account filed |
| May 2025 | Hail | Cottleville | - | no account filed |
| May 2025 | Hail | Cottleville | - | no account filed |
| May 2025 | Hail | Cottleville | - | no account filed |
| May 2025 | Hail | Cottleville | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Cottleville | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Cottleville | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Cottleville | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Cottleville | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cottleville | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Cottleville | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cottleville | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cottleville | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Cottleville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Saints Village | 1.1 miles | 29 | |
| Howell | 2.3 miles | 26 | |
| Weldon Spring | 2.9 miles | 25 | |
| Weldon Spring Heights | 3.3 miles | 25 | |
| Weldon | 3.9 miles | 25 | |
| Jacobs | 3.9 miles | 26 | |
| Harvester | 3.9 miles | 26 | |
| Saint Peters | 4.0 miles | 29 |
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 Cottleville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q969004 | 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 755933. 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.











