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Weldon, Missouri

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Boone Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63304. The Survey maps it on the Weldon Spring quadrangle.

Weldon within St. Charles County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 25 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

46 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Weldon between 2006 and 2016, burning about 23 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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/undetermined31
Smoking4
Arson/incendiarism4
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning1

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
4 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
23 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
20 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
15 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
10 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
1 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
10 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
6 July 2007Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Charles County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Weldon: 8 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension. 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
Hamburg SquarryStone, DimensionUnknown
Babler State Park QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Weldon Springs QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in St. Charles County

Storms near this place

13 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Weldon in 13 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 7 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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
August 2010LightningWeldon$10,000A lightning strike knocked the National Weather Service radar out for about 24 hours until it could be repaired.
May 2025HailWeldon-Hail persisted for 10 or more minutes.
March 2021HailWeldon-A wide swath of large hail fell across the southern portions of St. Charles County. The National Weather Service reported golf ball sized hail at the office in Weldon Springs.
December 2021Tornado (EF1)Weldon-After crossing back into St. Charles County there was additional tree damage, broken power poles, and structural damage noted along Greens Bottom Road. The tornado crossed the Missouri River a third and final time, back into St. Louis County traveling across Highway 364 and north of the Creve Coeur Airport.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindWeldon-Thunderstorm winds caused widespread tree damage in the Whitmoor Country Club area. A flag pole and a mailbox pole were snapped in half. One large tree branch landed on the roof of a house causing moderate damage.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindWeldon-Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous large trees in an area from the Katy Trail in Weldon Springs to Cottleville then onto St. Peters, and St. Charles areas. One large tree was blown down in the Timberwood Trails subdivision blocking the street. A large portion of a tree landed on the roof of a house on Park Charles Blvd South causing moderate damage and a large trampoline was thrown into a pool 3 houses down from where it had been. Also, the cross arm on a power pole just southwest of Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital was snapped. Another large tree was blown over onto a house in the 1000 block of Madison Street near Lindenwood University. The house sustained moderate damage, though no one was injured in the home. Another large tree fell onto an unoccupied car on Elm Street near Duchesne High School.
February 2011Thunderstorm WindWeldon-A four to five inch diameter tree was snapped off at the base at the National Weather Service office.
July 2010Flash FloodWeldon-Up to 4 inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. Several roads were flooded including Gutermuth Road, about three quarters of a mile northeast of the intersection with O'Fallon Road. The nearby creek overflowed onto Gutermuth closing the road for several hours.
April 2017HailWeldon-no account filed
April 2016HailWeldon-no account filed
May 2014HailWeldon-no account filed
March 2012HailWeldon-no account filed
March 2009HailWeldon-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
Weldon Spring Heights1.6 miles25
Weldon Spring2.0 miles25
Jacobs3.5 miles26
Toonerville3.7 miles25
Hamburg3.8 miles25
Cottleville3.9 miles25
Howell4.6 miles26
All Saints Village4.8 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 756881. 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.