Billingsville, Missouri
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Boonville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65233. It stands on Stephens Branch. The Survey maps it on the Billingsville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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.
- 1888 USGS Boonville quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Billingsville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
4,051 words on this townshipA History of Cooper County, Missouri, from the First Visit by White Men in February, 1804, to the Fifth Day of July, 1876, published 1876 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Boonville Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Boonville Township - 4,051 words.
Fires near this place
38 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Billingsville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 60 acres in total. 1 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 | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.8 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190052-02732-09032019-1200 |
| 29 September 1999 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 16 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190053-02732-09162019-1015 |
| 29 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190051-02732-08292019-1520 |
| 2 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190049-02732-08022019-1115 |
| 15 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190050-02732-08152019-2020 |
| 12 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 12 August 1999 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Billingsville: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Booneville Quarry & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Billingsville in 5 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 2 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Billingsville | - | Downed wires and power outages near Billingsville Road south of Boonville. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Billingsville | - | Scattered tree damage was reported in various locations near Boonville. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Billingsville | - | Several roads were under water across Cooper County. |
| May 2013 | Flash Flood | Billingsville | - | Water was reported across the intersection of Highway 87 and Highway Y. |
| June 2007 | Flood | Billingsville | - | The Petite Saline Creek near Boonville crested at 19.44 feet, or 3.44 feet above flood stage. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Speed | 3.8 miles | 18 | |
| Lamine | 5.2 miles | 18 | |
| Bellair | 5.5 miles | 18 | |
| Chouteau Springs | 5.5 miles | 17 | |
| Boonville | 5.6 miles | 18 | |
| Windsor Place | 5.7 miles | 18 | |
| Lone Elm | 6.2 miles | 17 | |
| Pilot Grove | 6.5 miles | 18 |
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 Billingsville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27984641 | 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 740678. 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.







