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Davis, Missouri

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Randolph Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63601. It stands on Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Flat River quadrangle.

Davis within St. Francois County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 21 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

28 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Davis between 1992 and 2020, burning about 386 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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
Debris and open burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Arson/incendiarism3
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
16 June 2016Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation137758-09401-06162016-1409
9 April 2002Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178502-09401-04052019-1131
27 April 1993Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 April 2018Debris and open burning254 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176750-09401-04122018-1636
11 April 1993Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 March 1994Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
24 March 2018Debris and open burning5.8 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176316-09401-03242018-1338

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Francois County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 62 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 62 workings within 5 miles of Davis: 57 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper, Copper, Zinc. 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
Flat River Sub-DistrictLead, Zinc, SilverPast Producer1742
Leadwood PlantStoneProducer
Unknown - Clay KaolinKaolinPast Producer
Unknown - Lead - ZincLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Central Lead Co. ShaftZinc, LeadPast Producer
Doe Run ShaftZinc, LeadPast Producer
Flat RiverLead, Copper, Zinc, Cadmium, Cobalt, NickelPast Producer1890
Leadwood MineLead, Copper, Zinc, Cadmium, Cobalt, NickelProducer1898, 1903
Central Mining Co. MineLead, Copper, ZincProducer1893

Every working recorded in St. Francois County

Storms near this place

2 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Davis in 2 storm reports between 2012 and 2016: 1 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2016Flash FloodDavis-Up to four inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. Numerous roads were flooded, including several streets in Park Hills.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindDavis-Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees between Bismarck and Park Hills. A couple of homes sustained minor roof damage from fallen trees.

Every storm recorded in St. Francois 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
Wortham1.8 miles21
Mitchell1.8 miles21
West Elvins2.6 miles21
Daytown2.6 miles21
Derby2.8 miles21
Frankclay3.0 miles21
Huntington3.1 miles21
Leadwood3.1 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 755976. 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.