76 topographic sheets cover 38 settlements here, and 26 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.
26 National Register listings published here, 2 of them National Historic Landmarks · the county-history sources name 6 people · people the book names include The A. C. Bird (Miami Township, 1881) · M. E. Church South (Arrow Rock Township, 1881) (machine-read).
Sources: the county history on the Internet Archive · the National Register database, National Park Service
Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.
Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 39 of them, burning about 494 acres. 2 started naturally and 1 was recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
The five largest, by the area the report gives. None of them was recorded as arson.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 October 1999 | Debris and open burning | 110 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 11 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 83 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 February 1994 | Debris and open burning | 33 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 16 March 1999 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 February 1994 | Smoking | 25 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 26 January 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 15 February 1994 | Debris and open burning | 21 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 18 March 1999 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.
The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 353 reports for this county, causing no deaths, 7 injuries and about $6,146,030 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.
| Kind of event | Reports |
|---|---|
| Hail | 142 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 123 |
| Flood | 33 |
| Flash Flood | 29 |
| Tornado | 25 |
| Funnel Cloud | 1 |
The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2006 | Tornado (F2) | Sweet Spgs | 6 hurt, $3,000,000 | Tornado crossed into Saline county from Pettis county at 2009 CST. The tornado crossed over Interstate 70 at mile marker 71 at 2012 CST. Six people seeking shelter under a highway overpass were injured. Their cars were crushed when a semi was blown over on top of them. The tornado produced F2 damage just northeast of I-70 where several houses lost their roofs and a church was destroyed. The tornado continued northeast over rural areas and dissipated 3 miles east of Marshall at 2035 CST. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miami | 1 hurt, $500,000 | Large hail produced spotty crop damage across the southern half of the county, lasting about 25 minutes. Widespread wind damaged numerous wooded or tin farm structures in the Miami area. Many lost part or all of their roof, with eight completely destroyed. Power lines were blown down, farm machinery and crops were also damaged. A person was injured when a tree fell onto a car and shattered the windshield. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Slater | $500,000 | A large cluster of thunderstorms produced widespread wind damage in the Slater area. Numerous farm buildings were destroyed, with farm equipment damaged. Power lines were blown down and trees uprooted or snapped off. The county's agricultural industry reported damage to 20,000 acres of corn and 10,000 acres of wheat. |
| August 2004 | Flash Flood | Marshall | $300,000 | 4 to 6 inches of rain produced widespread flash flooding in the Marshall area. Several water rescues and several homes and businesses suffered water damage. Damage to roads and bridges as well. Flowing water was 3 to 4 feet deep on Route YY. |
| June 1982 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $250,000 | no account filed |
| April 1981 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $250,000 | no account filed |
| May 1980 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $250,000 | no account filed |
| July 1961 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $250,000 | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Slater | $230,000 | At 1550CST an EF1 tornado touched down around one mile southeast of Slater, and moved east around three and a half miles, before lifting at 1557CST, around a mile south of Gilliam. One home was destroyed near Slater, with one mobile home destroyed and minor outbuilding damage near Gilliam. |
| March 2006 | Tornado (F3) | Marshall | $75,000 | Tornado touched down 6 miles south of Marshall at 2028 CST. It traveled east-northeast and for a time paralleled another tornado to the north before the first one occluded. Little damage was noted along the track until it neared the Howard county line. The tornado merged with another tornado near the Missouri River and quickly produced F3 damage to a farmstead. The tornado then entered Howard county 4 miles north of Arrow Rock at 2046 CST. |
| March 2006 | Hail | Sweet Spgs | $75,000 | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Tornado (F0) | Marshall | $50,000 | A tornado touched down briefly at a farm and tore part of the roof off three machine sheds. One other building was slightly damaged and two silos were bent or dented. A roll of field tile was lifted from its original position and tossed 100 yards to the west, while the storm was moving southeast. |
| May 1994 | Hail | Miami | $50,000 | Very large hail dented vehicles and produced crop damage to wheat and corn. |
| May 1994 | Hail | Slater | $50,000 | Hail dented several vehicles. Strong wind also snapped large tree limbs and brought down power lines. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marshall | $25,000 | Power lines and trees were downed in the town of Marshall. |
| March 1991 | Tornado (F0) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 1977 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| April 1967 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| April 1967 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| April 1967 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| December 1956 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| December 1956 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| October 2004 | Tornado (F1) | Sweet Spgs | $20,000 | Pettis county Tornado crossed into Saline county just west of Highway K. Then damaged a house near K Highway and County Road 330 before dissipating. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Slater | $15,000 | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Tornado (EF1) | Marshall | $10,000 | The third and final tornado from this survey formed just north of Marshall, Missouri. While the tornado was very wide, it did not damage any structures that would suggest it was stronger than EF-1. Generally it impacted trees and power lines in the rural areas of Saline County and a few farm structures. The tornado dissipated just east of Marshall, Missouri about 20 minutes after is formed. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marshall | $10,000 | A tree was reported to have blown onto a car on Lincoln Avenue. A grain bin was also reported damaged. Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 70 mph. |
| April 1999 | Flood | New Frankfort | $10,000 | A county commissioner reported that a 10-foot diameter galvanized drainage tube was washed out from under a county road by floodwaters, and a family that lived on the road was stranded. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marshall | $5,000 | Large trees and power lines were knocked down on the north side of town. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arrow Rock | $5,000 | Large trees and power lines were knocked down. |
| May 1994 | Hail | Miami | $5,000 | Very large hail dented vehicles and produced crop damage to wheat and corn. |
| May 1994 | Hail | Miami | $5,000 | Golf ball-size hail dented cars nearby and flattened wheat fields. |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Slater | $5,000 | Hail dented several vehicles. Strong wind also snapped large tree limbs and brought down power lines. |
| March 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marshall Junction | $5,000 | Two tractor-trailer trucks were blown over on Interstate 70. |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malta Bend | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Hail | Marshall | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 1960 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $2,500 | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sweet Spgs | $2,000 | Power poles snapped and trees down. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sweet Spgs | $2,000 | Tin roof blown off a structure. 21/2 foot diameter trees snapped in half. Power lines down. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | not stated | $2,000 | Saline County Sheriff's Office reported numerous trees down from thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marshall | $1,000 | Trees and power lines down. |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marshall | $1,000 | Numerous trees and power lines reported down. |
| March 1993 | Hail | Marshall Junction | $500 | Two tractor-trailer trucks were blown over on Interstate 70. |
| June 1958 | Tornado (F0) | not stated | $30 | no account filed |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sweet Spgs | - | Mping report of 3 inch tree limbs broken in Sweet Springs. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marshall | - | Downed wires and power outages near County Road 111 near Marshall. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nelson | - | Social media photo of downed trees in Nelson. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marshall | - | Social media reports and photos of trees down in Marshall. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Slater | - | Social media photos of downed trees in Slater. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Slater | - | Report of downed and/or uprooted trees on the east side of Slater. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Slater | - | Tree damage and power lines down in Slater. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sweet Spgs | - | Side and door of machine shed blown off, power pole snapped, and multiple large limbs down. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Slater | - | Reports of downed trees in Slater. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mt Leonard | - | Private weather sensor measured 59 knot gust. |
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miami | - | Downed wires and tree limbs near County Road 111. Dispatch also reported strong winds south and east of Miami. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Sweet Spgs | - | Quarter sized hail was reported in Sweet Springs from an mping report. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marshall | - | Social media report and photos of downed trees and limbs from thunderstorm outflow in Marshall. Time based on social media report and confirmed from radar. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Nelson | - | A supercell produced 1.25 hail in Nelson in southeastern Saline County. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Malta Bend | - | A supercell produced quarter size hail on the southeast side of Malta Bend in Saline County. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Norton | - | A supercell produced 1.25 hail east of Malta Bend in Saline County. |
| September 2023 | Hail | Sweet Spgs | - | Quarter sized hail reported in Sweet Springs. |
The Survey's mineral resources record lists 62 workings inside this county. 5 still produce and 57 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.
| Commodity | Workings |
|---|---|
| Stone, Crushed/Broken | 47 |
| Sand and Gravel, Construction | 10 |
| Salt, Sand and Gravel, Construction | 1 |
| Clay | 1 |
| Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc | 1 |
| Barium-Barite | 1 |
| Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction | 1 |
The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marmaduke Diggings | Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Barite | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls-S+G | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S+G-Salt | Salt, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S+G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S+G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S+G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S+G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S+G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S+G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S+G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S+G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S+G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown S+G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Arrow Rock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Branham Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Franklin Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Garner Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Gilliam Rock Quarry and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Malan Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Marshall Jct Qy I-70 Qy | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Marshall Quarry & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Miami Quarry #34 & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Scott Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ss | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ss | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ss | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ss | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Zarah Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Past and Present of Saline County, Missouri devotes a chapter to each township: its boundaries and streams, who settled it and when, the mills, the schools and the churches. All 7 are reproduced here in full. Each row shows the township's own shape and where it lies in the county, drawn from the Census Bureau's boundary. Which settlements belong to which township is computed from that same boundary, not taken from the book.
| Shape and position in the county | Township | Settlements in it | Length | Sections |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrow Rock Township | Arrow Rock, Hardeman, Napton, Nelson | 6,926 words | 12 | |
| Blackwater Township | Marshall Junction, Pipertown, Ridge Prairie, Wanamaker | 1,895 words | 5 | |
| Cambridge Township | Cambridge, Gilliam, New Frankfort, Slater, West Glasgow | 2,184 words | 8 | |
| Elmwood Township | Blackburn, Elmwood, Mount Leonard, Salt Springs | 507 words | 1 | |
| Marshall Township | Blosser, Marshall, Montague Hill, Shackleford, Stanhope, Wilton Springs | 3,425 words | 19 | |
| Miami Township | Fairville, Miami, Norton, Sharon | 8,169 words | 26 | |
| Salt Fork Township | Blue Lick | 1,926 words | 1 |
2 books written about this county, cut here where the book itself is cut, at its printed chapters: 26 chapters in all. Every chapter is public domain, machine-read from the scan and reproduced complete. A chapter already given under one of the county's towns is not repeated in this list.
| Chapter | Length |
|---|---|
| The whole text | 435,116 words in 28 parts |
Everyone Past and Present of Saline County, Missouri stops to write about, with the section that describes them. Among them are the men who founded the place and governed the Territory. Each name opens the passage itself, in the words of 1910.
Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.
Arrow Rock township · 65320 · On Spring Branch · Arrow Rock quadrangle
17 sheets, 1890 to 1985
Marshall township · 65339 · On Muddy Creek · Malta Bend quadrangle
16 sheets, 1890 to 1982
No longer a settlement
Salt Fork township · 65340 · On Crooked Creek · Marshall South quadrangle
18 sheets, 1890 to 1982
Salt Pond township · 65327 · On Old Channel Davis Creek · Sweet Springs quadrangle
23 sheets, 1887 to 1983
Grand Pass township · 65339 · Grand Pass quadrangle
16 sheets, 1890 to 1982
No longer a settlement
Blackwater township · 65340 · On Dry Creek · Longwood quadrangle
18 sheets, 1887 to 1983
Liberty township · 65333 · On May Branch · Houstonia quadrangle
23 sheets, 1887 to 1983
Marshall township · 65340 · On Rock Creek · Marshall North quadrangle
19 sheets, 1890 to 1982
Miami township · 65340 · On Thrailkill Branch · Marshall North quadrangle
19 sheets, 1890 to 1982
Blackwater township · 65347 · Longwood quadrangle
18 sheets, 1887 to 1983
No longer a settlement
Clay township · 65349 · On Buzzard Branch · Saline City quadrangle
16 sheets, 1890 to 1985
Marshall township · 65339 · On Straddle Creek · Malta Bend quadrangle
16 sheets, 1890 to 1982
Salt Pond township · 65351 · On Davis Creek · Sweet Springs quadrangle
23 sheets, 1887 to 1983
Blackwater township · 65340 · Longwood quadrangle
18 sheets, 1887 to 1983
No longer a settlement
Marshall township · 65340 · On Dicks Branch · Napton quadrangle
18 sheets, 1890 to 1982
The vanished settlements of Saline County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.
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