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Ilasco, Missouri

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Saverton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63401. It stands on Marble Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hannibal East quadrangle. It stands 482 feet above sea level.

Ilasco within Ralls County

On record in Ilasco

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

24 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Ilasco between 1992 and 2020, burning about 72 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
Debris and open burning12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12

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
17 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources369
10 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources276
29 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined13 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources203
28 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources204
27 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources199
9 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.6 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177314-06417-03092018-1150
8 March 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation190314-06417-03082020-2030
7 March 2020Debris and open burning1.5 acresMissouri Department of Conservation190478-06417-03072020-1155

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ralls County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Ilasco: 17 past producers, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gemstone, Clay. 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
Hannibal Plant - Shale PitClayProducer
Missouri GeodesGemstoneProducer1967
Bleigh Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gen Stewart S&G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Al Plant - Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Burlington MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Fullgrat QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Odell QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Ralls County

Storms near this place

12 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ilasco in 12 storm reports between 1999 and 2021: 6 flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 hail. 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
June 2008FloodIlasco$55,000The Mississippi River at Saverton, MO crested at 27.97 feet on 6/18/2008. This is the second highest crest ever recorded. Ten homes in the Saverton area were flooded. The lock and dam at Saverton was over topped by the river. Highway 79 was closed at a couple of locations. There were no other towns affected as the rest of the county along the river is open flood plain. The County estimated public infrastructure damage at $55,000. No agricultural losses were reported.
April 2013FloodIlasco$1,000The Mississippi River rose to major flood levels along the border of Ralls County. The river crested on the 21st through 22nd, but continued above flood stage into May. Damage was limited to a few roads closed and flooding of agricultural lowlands.
May 2013FloodIlasco$1,000no account filed
June 2021Thunderstorm WindIlasco-Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree onto a house causing major damage to the walls, which were buckling under the weight of the fallen tree. Several windows were broken on the house as well.
November 2020Thunderstorm WindIlasco-Thunderstorm winds blew down a 12 inch diameter tree blocking New London Gravel Road.
May 2013Flash FloodIlasco-Up to three inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. Bear Creek was running out of its banks and flooding a mobile home park on the south side of Hannibal just off of Warren Barrett Drive on Ledbetter Lane. Also, Highway 79 near intersection with Monkey Run Trail had water flowing over it.
June 2013FloodIlasco-The Mississippi River started June in flood and hit major flood levels cresting on the 1st. The river fell below flood stage on the 21st. Damage was limited to some flooded roads and flooded farmland.
July 2010Flash FloodIlasco-Up to 6 inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. Numerous roads were flooded including Highway J near Lick Creek Bridge, Highway M west of U.S. Highway 61, Highway P between Center and Vandalia, and Highway 154 southeast of Perry. One person ws evacuated along Flint Hill Road northeast of New London due to flooding.
July 2008FloodIlasco-The Mississippi River crested at Saverton, MO on July 1 at 24.71 feet.The river fell below flood stage on July 12. For additional information about the flooding consult the June report.
May 2018HailIlasco-no account filed
June 2010FloodIlasco-no account filed
August 1999Thunderstorm WindIlasco-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ralls 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
Monkey Run0.5 miles17
Saverton2.8 miles17
Ralls4.9 miles17
Flint Hill5.1 miles17
Salt River6.1 miles18
New London7.6 miles17
Hydesburg (historical)8.3 miles17
Spalding12.0 miles12

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 IlascoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q28006014The 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 740953. 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.