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.
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
Dillard Mill Historic Districtlisted 2015
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 20 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.
- 1943 USGS Berryman quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1945 USGS Berryman quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Davisville quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1999 USGS Davisville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
124 since 1992Regional 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/incendiarism | 66 |
| Debris and open burning | 39 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2012 | Natural | 11 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | FORD |
| 23 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | VICTOR EAST |
| 23 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | VICTOR WEST |
| 26 June 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | RED BLUFF |
| 9 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | SCOTT BRANCH |
| 8 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | DAVIS |
| 8 April 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.6 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | CRABTREE |
| 7 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.8 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | YOCUM #3 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 20 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camels Hump | Iron, Water, Free | Prospect | 1964 | |
| Cole Diggings | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | 1843 | |
| Eaton Mine | Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Green's Hill Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Viburnum No.'s 27, 28, 29, and 35 (Casteel) mines | Lead, Copper, Cobalt, Silver, Zinc, Cadmium, Nickel | Producer | 1955, 1960 | |
| Eaton Mine | Lead, Barium-Barite | Past Producer | 1890 | |
| Unknown - Barite | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Garrison and Trask's Diggings | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Green's Hill Mine | Lead | Past Producer | 1858 | |
| Unknown - Lead | Lead | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2006Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Davisville | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree onto Highway 49 west of Davisville. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Davisville | - | 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 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Davisville | - | Numerous large tree limbs were blown down. |
| February 2006 | Hail | Davisville | - | The public reported hail up to quarter size covered the ground. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Davisville | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Davisville | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Davisville | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Davisville | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Center Post | 4.0 miles | 20 | |
| Dillard | 5.0 miles | 22 | |
| Czar | 5.2 miles | 22 | |
| Cherryville | 5.7 miles | 19 | |
| Huzzah | 6.8 miles | 21 | |
| Westover | 8.2 miles | 21 | |
| Berryman | 9.0 miles | 23 | |
| Limberlost | 9.2 miles | 19 |
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 Davisville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3471462 | 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 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.













