BlockFrom the record
One of 3 National Register listings published here for St. Clair County · listed in 2019 · category: District.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Appleton City Downtown Commercial District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019.
The listing
- Address. 100-200 e. 4th St., 100-131 W. 4th St., 201-306 N. Walnut St., Appleton City, 64724
- When was it listed? June 2019
- Category. district
- Township. Appleton township
- National Register reference number. 100004061 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
3 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Appleton City Downtown Commercial District between 2017 and 2018, burning about 27 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 16 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 24 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178019-04226-04162018-1900 |
| 25 January 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.6 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 165931-09338-01252018-1545 |
Mines and quarries near this property
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Appleton City Downtown Commercial District: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| F & R Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
59 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Appleton City, the town this property stands in, in 59 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 29 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 7 flash flood, 3 tornado. 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 | Tornado (EF0) | Appleton City | $20,000 | An NWS storm survey determined that a tornado briefly touched down Friday evening on Highway 52 at the Bates and St Clair county line, downing trees and power lines. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Appleton City | $10,000 | Severe thunderstorm wind gusts damaged three barns in northwest St. Clair County. Most of the damage was roof damage while some tin siding was stripped off. |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Appleton City | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Appleton City | $8,000 | A National Weather Service storm survey determined that an EF-0 tornado touched down near the western edge of Appleton City and continued intermittently to near 2.5 miles northeast of town. The tornado downed several trees and caused minor shingle and roof damage to a few homes. |
| April 1999 | Lightning | Appleton City | $8,000 | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Appleton City | $7,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds caused power outages, downed trees and scattered loose outdoor items across portions of the city. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Appleton City | $5,000 | Power poles and trees were downed from thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Appleton City | $5,000 | Large trees and power poles were snapped off. |
| May 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Appleton City | $500 | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Hail | Appleton City | - | Report of hail sizes ranging from pea to quarter size. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Appleton City | - | Nickle to quarter sized hail was reported. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Appleton City | - | Hail up to quarters in size was reported. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Appleton City | - | Multiple large limbs were reported down and several smaller trees were uprooted. |
| March 2021 | Heavy Rain | Appleton City | - | The Coop observer reported 1.92 inches of rainfall in 24 hours. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Appleton City | - | Many large tree limbs were reported down north of Highway 54. |
| August 2019 | Heavy Rain | Appleton City | - | Rainfall of 2.80 inches was measured over the past 24 hours. |
| May 2019 | Heavy Rain | Appleton City | - | A co-op observer reported a 24-hr rainfall accumulation of 2.03 inches. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Appleton City | - | Several large tree limbs were blown down. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Appleton City | - | Multiple trees were reported down. |
| July 2018 | Hail | Appleton City | - | Quarter size hail was reported. |
| July 2018 | Hail | Appleton City | - | A mixture of pea, nickle and quarter size hail was reported. |
| July 2018 | Hail | Appleton City | - | Strong winds and hail of dime to nickle size were reported. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Appleton City | - | The Appleton City COOP observer reported dime to nickel size hail. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Appleton City | - | The public reported nickel to quarter size hail. |
| May 2010 | Flood | Appleton City | - | Several low water crossings were reported as flooded and impassable across the county. |
| June 2009 | Flash Flood | Appleton City | - | A section of Highway 52 east of Appleton City was flooded and impassable to motorists. This section of Highway 52 was flooded by Monegaw Creek. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Appleton City | - | Several oak trees were snapped due to severe thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| March 2008 | Flood | Appleton City | - | This flooding is a continuation of the flash flooding. Poor drainage areas continued to flood roadways and lowlands near rivers and creeks. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Appleton City | - | Excessive rainfall flooded low water crossings throughout the county. A section of Highway BB east of its intersection with Highway H was flooded and impassable to motorists. |
| April 2008 | Flash Flood | Appleton City | - | One to two inches of rain fell over St. Clair County. All low areas that typically flood during periods of excessive rainfall were flooded. |
| March 2008 | Flash Flood | Appleton City | - | One to three and a half inches of rain fell over St. Clair County. Minor flooding occurred on secondary roads county wide. The greatest precipitation fell over the southeastern portion of the county. This caused a couple of state routes to flood. |
| September 2008 | Flash Flood | Appleton City | - | Three to five inches of rain fell over St. Clair County resulting in flooding of small streams, creeks, and two main stem rivers. A few locations that flooded included sections of Highway A near Appleton City and sections of Highway H. |
| August 2005 | Flash Flood | Appleton City | - | Thunderstorms with heavy rain caused flash flooding of small creeks in rural areas east of Appleton City. A section of Highway AA became impassable from the flooding. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Appleton City | - | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Hail | Appleton City | - | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Hail | Appleton City | - | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Hail | Appleton City | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Appleton City | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Appleton City | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Appleton City | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Appleton City | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Appleton City | - | no account filed |
| March 2005 | Hail | Appleton City | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Appleton City | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Appleton City | - | no account filed |
| September 2003 | Hail | Appleton City | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Appleton City | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Appleton City | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Appleton City | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Appleton City | - | no account filed |
| December 2002 | Hail | Appleton City | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Appleton City | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Appleton City | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Flash Flood | Appleton City | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Appleton City | - | no account filed |
| October 1998 | Hail | Appleton City | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Appleton City | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Appleton City | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Appleton City | - | no account filed |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100004061 in Record Group 79. |
| St. Clair County | All 3 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.