Peaksville, Missouri
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1958 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Sweet Home Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63465. The Survey maps it on the Croton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1958 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Croton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Peaksville between 1997 and 2018, burning about 44 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 burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 June 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177051-02309-04302018-1532 |
| 27 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177054-02309-04272018-1800 |
| 21 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177057-02309-04212018-0954 |
| 17 March 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 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 Peaksville: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baker Quarry - #2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Brooks Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| T.E. Driscoll Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Peaksville in 5 storm reports between 2006 and 2021: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peaksville | $1,000 | large tree down blocking Route C between Peaksville and Revere. |
| June 2021 | Flash Flood | Peaksville | - | Radar estimated time of flash flooding noted along Route C, about 1 mile south of Highway 81. Water was about 1 foot deep over the road, where travel was not advised. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peaksville | - | The local law enforcement estimated wind gusts of up to 60 mph. |
| June 2011 | Flash Flood | Peaksville | - | Heavy rains caused some flash flooding along Highway C near Revere, MO during the morning of June 18. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peaksville | - | Wind gusts estimated to be 60 mph blew down some six inch diameter branches just north northwest of Revere, MO at 1:13 pm June 15. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revere | 1.3 miles | 17 | |
| Dumas | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Waterloo | 4.2 miles | 17 | |
| Athens | 5.2 miles | 12 | |
| Chambersburg | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| Clark City | 6.0 miles | 17 | |
| Anson | 6.1 miles | 12 | |
| Kahoka | 6.1 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 724145. 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.





