Sappington, Missouri
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Gravois Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63126. The Survey maps it on the Kirkwood quadrangle. 7,995 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 597 feet above sea level.
On record in Sappington
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 within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Zephaniah Sappington Houselisted 1980 · 0.7 miles away- #1 Fairwaylisted 2024 · 0.5 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresSappington grew from 7,580 to 7,995 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 | 7,580 | |
| 2020 | 7,995 | +415 (+5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 22 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.
- 1933 USGS Kirkwood quadrangle1:24000
- 1940 USGS Kirkwood quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Kirkwood quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
- 1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS St Louis quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Sappington between 2007 and 2014, burning about 1 acre 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 burning | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 28 February 2014 | 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
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Sappington: 18 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpha Portland Cement Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay | Producer | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Grant Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Lemay Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Mutual Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Osage Hills Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Steffern Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
18 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sappington in 18 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 11 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sappington | $600,000 | There were numerous reports of tree limbs and power poles broken with power lines down. There was one report of a traffic line blown down. Some reported shingles blown off of roofs, while one reported their entire roof had blown off. There were also reports of multiple large trees snapped and uprooted around the area with one falling on a home. Communities within the path of this storm were Valley Park, Fenton, Sunset Hills, Sappington, Concord, Mehlville, and Oakville. |
| July 2023 | Flash Flood | Sappington | - | Up to 4 inches of rain fell in a short amount of time, mainly over southern portions of St. Louis County, causing flash flooding. Several secondary roads had water over them. Also, Mattesse Creek, rose to 12 feet, a foot above Flood Stage. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sappington | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sappington | - | Thunderstorm winds tore some siding off of a mobile home. |
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sappington | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down the sign for Ronnies 20 Cinema, as well as street signs on Lindbergh Blvd. Also, several interstate signs on I-270 were bent and twisted by the winds. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sappington | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down a two foot diameter tree near the intersection of Lindbergh Blvd. and Watson Road. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Sappington | - | Trained spotters reported 3/4 inch hail in the Sunset Hills area. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sappington | - | A 3 foot diameter tree was blown down near the intersection of Lindbergh Blvd. and Gravois Ave. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Sappington | - | Storm spotters reported that nickel size hail fell for about 2 minutes in the Concord Village area. |
| April 2001 | Hail | Sappington | - | Storm spotters reported 3/4 inch hail. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Sappington | - | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Hail | Sappington | - | no account filed |
| January 2012 | Hail | Sappington | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Sappington | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Sappington | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Sappington | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Sappington | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Sappington | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crestwood | 1.4 miles | 22 | |
| Sunset Hills | 1.5 miles | 22 | |
| Concord | 1.5 miles | 23 | |
| Grantwood Village | 1.6 miles | 23 | |
| Meacham Park | 2.1 miles | 22 | |
| Grantwood | 2.2 miles | 23 | |
| Lakeshire | 2.4 miles | 23 | |
| Green Park | 2.4 miles | 23 |
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 Sappington | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q956340 | 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 756691. 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.








