Schell City, Missouri
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Bacon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64783. It stands on Lost Branch. The Survey maps it on the Rockville quadrangle. 228 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 768 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresSchell City fell from 249 to 228 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 | 249 | |
| 2020 | 228 | -21 (-8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1887 USGS Butler quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Butler quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1934 USGS Rockville quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Butler quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Rockville quadrangle1:24000
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Schell City: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Thayer Brothers Quarry # 4 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
24 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Schell City in 24 storm reports between 2000 and 2019: 15 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Schell City | 1 hurt, $150,000 | A National Weather Service storm survey revealed that an EF-0 tornado touched down in Schell City, and tracked into St. Clair County approximately one mile south of Atkinson Lake. Numerous trees were downed while several roofs were damaged in Schell City. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Schell City | 1 hurt | One person was injured after being struck by baseball size hail. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schell City | $15,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts downed numerous trees and tore the roof off of one home. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schell City | $5,000 | Power lines and trees were blown down in Schell City. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schell City | $2,000 | Straight line winds removed shingles off a home and blew down several trees. Tree limbs and roof debris were scattered towards the northeast. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schell City | $1,000 | Power lines were blown down. |
| February 2019 | Hail | Schell City | - | The public reported nickel size hail on Highway AA, east of Schell City. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schell City | - | A large tree was reported down. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Schell City | - | Dime to nickel sized hail covered the ground around Schell City. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schell City | - | Several large trees were reported down along Highway AA. |
| July 2011 | Hail | Schell City | - | no account filed |
| March 2009 | Hail | Schell City | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Schell City | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Schell City | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Schell City | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schell City | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Schell City | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schell City | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Schell City | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Schell City | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Schell City | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Schell City | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Schell City | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Hail | Schell City | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Springs | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Fair Haven | 4.3 miles | 21 | |
| Rocky Ford (historical) | 4.3 miles | 17 | |
| Harwood | 4.9 miles | 21 | |
| Portia | 8.0 miles | 19 | |
| Ketterman | 9.9 miles | 19 | |
| Walker | 10.4 miles | 21 | |
| Handley | 10.4 miles | 21 |
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 Schell City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q588349 | 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 726097. 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.
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.








