BlockDavis, Missouri
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Millwood Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63379. It stands on Paris Branch. The Survey maps it on the Silex quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1890 USGS Louisiana quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1937 USGS Silex quadrangle1:62500
- 1939 USGS Silex quadrangle1:48000
- 1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1975 USGS Silex quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Mexico quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
13,059 words on this townshipThe county-history sources names this settlement in its chapter on Millwood Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Millwood Township - it names this place 1 more 1 time.
Fires near this place
2 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Davis between 1997 and 2007, burning about 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 March 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 28 March 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 Davis: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morris Bank | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Magruder Quarry & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Davis in 7 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Davis | $15,000 | Thunderstorm winds caused a barn to lose several sections of its roof. There was no other damage in the vicinity. |
| April 1993 | Hail | Davis | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2017 | Flood | Davis | - | The Cuivre River crested just above major stage at Troy, while it rose to about 2 feet over major stage at Old Monroe due to the heavy rainfall. Numerous roads were flooded due to the river flooding. |
| October 2014 | Flash Flood | Davis | - | Between 5 and 6 inches of rain fell causing flash flooding. Several consignment shops on the far north side of Troy had up to 4 inches of water in them as water overwhelmed a drainage ditch and flooded the parking lot and shops. Two shops sustained minor water damage. Also, numerous roads were flooded. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Davis | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several power lines in Cave and in Troy. |
| December 2008 | Tornado (EF1) | Davis | - | A tornado touched down 3 miles east of Davis in an open field west of a farmstead and destroyed a 2 story barn. Six by six supports from the barn where driven into the ground near the farm house. The home was about 60 yards to the northeast of the barn and was heavily damaged by the tornado. As the tornado travelled to the east, a couple of new homes sustained minor roof damage on Penrod Road. It continued to the east northeast and damaged three additional machine sheds as well as numerous trees before lifting and dissipating. |
| December 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Davis | - | Several large cedar trees were blown down on farm off of Highway H...just south of Highway BB. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Famous | 1.6 miles | 16 | |
| Briscoe | 1.7 miles | 16 | |
| Mackville | 2.2 miles | 16 | |
| Cuivre Heights | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| Cave | 2.9 miles | 16 | |
| Stepanek Crossing | 3.5 miles | 16 | |
| Mashek (historical) | 4.8 miles | 16 | |
| Silex | 4.9 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 716697. 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.