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Davisville, Missouri

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Osage Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65456. It lies near Baker Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Davisville quadrangle. It stands 840 feet above sea level.

Davisville within Crawford County

On record in Davisville

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 20 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

124 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 124 fires within 5 miles of Davisville between 1992 and 2019, burning about 3,584 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 66 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
Arson/incendiarism66
Debris and open burning39
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural2

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
7 August 2012Natural11 acresMark Twain National ForestFORD
23 July 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMark Twain National ForestVICTOR EAST
23 July 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMark Twain National ForestVICTOR WEST
26 June 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMark Twain National ForestRED BLUFF
9 April 2005Debris and open burning20 acresMark Twain National ForestSCOTT BRANCH
8 April 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresMark Twain National ForestDAVIS
8 April 2006Debris and open burning1.6 acresMark Twain National ForestCRABTREE
7 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.8 acresMark Twain National ForestYOCUM #3

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crawford County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Davisville: 16 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Lead, Barium-Barite, Water, Free. 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
Camels HumpIron, Water, FreeProspect1964
Cole DiggingsZinc, LeadPast Producer1843
Eaton MineBarium-Barite, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Green's Hill MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Viburnum No.'s 27, 28, 29, and 35 (Casteel) minesLead, Copper, Cobalt, Silver, Zinc, Cadmium, NickelProducer1955, 1960
Eaton MineLead, Barium-BaritePast Producer1890
Unknown - BariteBarium-BaritePast Producer
Garrison and Trask's DiggingsLeadPast Producer
Green's Hill MineLeadPast Producer1858
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Crawford County

Storms near this place

8 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Davisville in 8 storm reports between 2006 and 2025: 5 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. 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
August 2020Thunderstorm WindDavisville-Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree onto Highway 49 west of Davisville.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindDavisville-Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees at the intersection of Highway 49 and Route V. Some of the trees were blocking the intersection. Also, several power lines were blown down.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindDavisville-Numerous large tree limbs were blown down.
February 2006HailDavisville-The public reported hail up to quarter size covered the ground.
March 2025HailDavisville-no account filed
March 2006HailDavisville-no account filed
March 2006HailDavisville-no account filed
March 2006HailDavisville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Crawford 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
Center Post4.0 miles20
Dillard5.0 miles22
Czar5.2 miles22
Cherryville5.7 miles19
Huzzah6.8 miles21
Westover8.2 miles21
Berryman9.0 miles23
Limberlost9.2 miles19

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 DavisvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3471462The 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 749590. 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.