Readsville, Missouri
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Auxvasse Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65067. The Survey maps it on the Readsville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 21 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.
- 1890 USGS Chamois quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1890 USGS Fulton quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1940 USGS Montgomery City quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Montgomery City quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Readsville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Fulton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Readsville between 2017 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 February 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 25 January 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177297-01420-01252018-1511 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 25 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Readsville: 24 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A.V.Neal Pits | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Arthur Nichols Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Blansett Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| J.L.Davis Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Unknown | ||
| Unknown - Clay | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Readsville in 2 storm reports in 2019: 1 tornado, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2019 | Tornado (EF1) | Readsville | - | The weak tornado touched down northwest of the intersection of County Road 170 and County Road 171 destroying a small barn and causing tree damage. The tornado continued to the northeast widening to a width of 250 yards and causing more tree damage before lifting near Prairie Fork Creek. The tornado was rated EF1 with a path length of 0.56 miles and a max path width of 250 yards. No deaths or injuries were reported. |
| August 2019 | Flash Flood | Readsville | - | Four to five inches fell in a couple of hours causing flash flooding in eastern portions of the county. Several roads were flooded. Parts of Highway K were washed out near the intersection with County Road 4057. One of the washed out areas caused a two car accident 2 hours after the event ended. Two people sustained minor injuries in this accident. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garrett (historical) | 3.7 miles | 21 | |
| Yucatan | 3.8 miles | 21 | |
| Reform | 4.2 miles | 21 | |
| Heilburn (historical) | 5.8 miles | 22 | |
| Toledo | 5.8 miles | 21 | |
| Portland | 6.5 miles | 22 | |
| Williamsburg | 8.0 miles | 21 | |
| Steedman | 8.7 miles | 21 |
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 Readsville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q16466882 | 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 725142. 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.










