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Sacville, Missouri

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1884 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Cass Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65781. The Survey maps it on the Morrisville quadrangle.

Sacville within Greene County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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.

What happened here

An account from the chapter on Cass township. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.

From History of Greene County, Missouri .., published 1883 - Cass Township

A Bushwhacker Fight

In August, 1863, a party of bushwhackers, supposed to be under the command of one Captain Lotspeich, were attacked on the Ralph Lotspeich farm, in this township, by Capt. S. H. Julian and about 30 Home Guards, or militia. The bushwhackers numbered 17, and were encamped in a dense thicket unconscious of danger.

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In the county-history sources

84,545 words on this township

History of Greene County, Missouri .., published 1883 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Cass Township covers boundaries, description, natural features, first settlers, early historical items, organization.

Read the chapter on Cass Township - 84,545 words.

Fires near this place

37 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Sacville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 352 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 burning23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
4 September 1999Debris and open burning10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 August 1997Smoking1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 August 1997Debris and open burning69 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
23 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation220634-03911-08232020-1625
26 July 1997Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
18 July 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation220574-08407-07182020-1220
5 April 2018Debris and open burning2.4 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177740-03905-04052018-1426
12 April 1998Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greene County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Sacville: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LimestoneStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Jennings BankIronPast Producer
Pollack MineIronPast Producer
UnknownIronPast Producer
UnknownIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Greene County

Storms near this place

18 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sacville in 18 storm reports between 2000 and 2026: 10 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 heavy rain, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2019Tornado (EF1)Sacville$300,000A National Weather Service storm survey confirmed an EF-1 tornado tracked from four miles northeast of Willard, Missouri to five miles northeast of Willard. The tornado was on the ground for approximately two minutes along its 1.7 mile total track with maximum wind speeds estimated at 100 mph. The first observed signs of this tornado was substantial damage to a farm house, a large pole barn and six outbuildings within an area of cyclonic tree fall pattern along North Farm Road 117. Observers noted similar tree patterns along a ridge top to the west of the farmhouse and other light tree damage along the Little Sac River valley. An intermittent path of mainly light tree damage and damage to two outbuildings was then noted eastward to Farm Road 123. There was a noticeable break along the southern (right) flank of this tornadic path where a swath of up to 70 mph straight line winds damaged or uprooted numerous trees south along and south of Farm Road 54.
June 2020FloodSacville$15,000The Willard Fire Department performed a water rescue at a low water crossing on the Sac River at the intersection of North Farm Road 105 and Farm Road 44. No injuries were reported. The vehicle was washed downstream.
September 2000Thunderstorm WindSacville$15,000no account filed
June 2011Thunderstorm WindSacville$10,000The Polk County Emergency Manager reported that significant damage occurred to a barn, shingles were off the roof of a home, and six to eight inch tree limbs were down along Farm Roads 2 and 6.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindSacville$5,000Report of trees blown down.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindSacville$1,000A tree fell over the roadway north of Springfield.
March 2026HailSacville-Hail to the size of quarters fell in Sacville.
April 2022HailSacville-Penny sized hail was reported via MPing.
February 2019HailSacville-Hail up to nickle size was reported.
May 2019Heavy RainSacville-A CoCoRaHS observer measured a 24 hour rainfall total of 3.34 inches.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindSacville-There were several trees snapped and uprooted blocking a private road. A field was flooded from an over flowing creek.
December 2015Heavy RainSacville-There was a report of 6.93 inches of rainfall in 24 hours.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindSacville-NWS employee estimated wind gusts up to 60 mph.
June 2007Flash FloodSacville-Flash flooding inundated a section of Farm Road 2 two miles east of Z Highway.
March 2009Thunderstorm WindSacville-no account filed
April 2009Thunderstorm WindSacville-no account filed
August 2008Thunderstorm WindSacville-no account filed
August 2003Thunderstorm WindSacville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Greene 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
Heady3.3 miles17
Cave Spring3.5 miles21
Hackney3.8 miles21
Pearl4.2 miles21
Harold4.7 miles16
Buckley (historical)5.8 miles16
Willard6.1 miles21
Phenix6.3 miles16

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.

Wikidata item Q122549827The 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 741223. 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.