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New Melle, 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 63365. The Survey maps it on the New Melle quadrangle. 541 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 771 feet above sea level.

New Melle within St. Charles County

On record in New Melle

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

Population over time

2 figures

New Melle grew from 475 to 541 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.

YearPeople Change
2010475
2020541+66 (+14%)

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

16 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of New Melle between 2011 and 2020, burning about 17 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 burning12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4

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
17 June 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177136-09221-06172018-1400
30 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.9 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176751-09221-04302018-1528
29 April 2018Debris and open burning2.5 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176730-09221-04292018-1414
29 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation176729-09221-04292018-1330
18 April 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation261386-09221-04182020-1637
7 March 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation261385-09221-03072020-1554
26 March 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178379-09221-03262019-1952
23 February 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation261384-09221-02232020-1416

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Charles County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of New Melle: 9 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, 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
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
Joerling Bros Quarry #1 & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in St. Charles County

Storms near this place

27 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Melle in 27 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 14 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2022Thunderstorm WindNew Melle$30,000A swath of damaging winds moved through western portions of St. Charles County. Four miles north northwest of New Melle multiple trees were blown down. In Wentzville, a home sustained minor siding and shingle damage. In Lake St. Louis, a home sustained minor shingle damage and a couple of telephone poles were snapped in half and minor tree damage near the intersection of Civic Center Drive and Dauphine Drive.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindNew Melle-Thunderstorm winds snapped a large tree off in town.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindNew Melle-Thunderstorm winds blew down a tree onto Hopewell Road near intersection with Bambi Drive.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindNew Melle-Thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs in an area from 2 miles northwest of New Melle to about a mile north of New Melle, near the intersection of Foristell Road and Highway Z.
March 2012HailNew Melle-Numerous reports of large hail in the New Melle area...with the largest being tennis ball size. Also, there were several reports of siding damage, tree limbs knocked down and a couple of cars sustained windshield damage.
April 2011Tornado (EF1)New Melle-The tornado first touched down along Freese Lane around a tenth of a mile south of Foristell Road approximately three and a half miles to the northwest of New Melle. The tornado travelled to the east moving into the Auburn Meadows Subdivision where it caused damage to nine homes. The most significant damage occurred when one home lost almost half its roof after the attached garage was destroyed. Damage to this home was rated EF1. The rest of the homes suffered lesser degrees of roof damage. A van was also pushed approximately 30 yards from a driveway into an open grassy area. The tornado then continued to the east along Foristell Road causing damage to trees and several homes. At the Jimmie Hite Horse Stables, several large outbuildings were also heavily damaged. To the east of the stables, a horse arena was demolished. The tornado then continued to move east where it snapped or blew down many trees either side of Highway Z. The tornado continued to the east and moved into the Avondale Hills Subdivision causing minor roof damage to a few homes before lifting and dissipating just east of State Highway DD, north of the intersection with Schwede Road. The maximum intensity was EF1 with a maximum wind speed of 110 mph. The total path length was 7.4 miles with a maximum width 250 yards.
December 2008Flash FloodNew Melle-Several inches of rain fell in a short amount of time on frozen ground in St. Charles county. This caused flash flooding in several locations including Cottleville, New Melle, Weldon Spring, Harvester and St. Peters. In Cottleville, Highway N was flooded just east of Highway K and Motherhead Road was closed due to a mudslide. Highway F, just south of New Melle, was restricted to one lane for a time due to water over the roadway. Also, water was reported over Highway D and Highway F near Weldon Springs. In Defiance, Femme Osage Creek was out of its banks along Highway F.
January 2006Tornado (F0)New Melle-A small tornado downed trees and damaged an outbuilding southwest of New Melle.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindNew Melle-The local fire department reported utility poles down.
June 2004HailNew Melle-The public reported 3/4 inch hail south of New Melle.
May 2025HailNew Melle-no account filed
May 2025HailNew Melle-no account filed
April 2016HailNew Melle-no account filed
April 2015HailNew Melle-no account filed
August 2012HailNew Melle-no account filed
August 2012Thunderstorm WindNew Melle-no account filed
March 2012HailNew Melle-no account filed
April 2011HailNew Melle-no account filed
April 2011HailNew Melle-no account filed
April 2011HailNew Melle-no account filed
March 2011HailNew Melle-no account filed
May 2008HailNew Melle-no account filed
April 2006HailNew Melle-no account filed
September 2005Thunderstorm WindNew Melle-no account filed
June 2003Thunderstorm WindNew Melle-no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindNew Melle-no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindNew Melle-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
Cappeln3.6 miles22
Mechanicsville4.5 miles24
Schluersburg5.6 miles24
Pauldingville6.0 miles24
Femme Osage6.0 miles22
Howell (historical)6.1 miles24
Cimarron6.5 miles24
Huntsdale6.9 miles24

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 New MelleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q965358The 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 756443. 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.