Saline City, Missouri
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Clay Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65349. It stands on Buzzard Branch. The Survey maps it on the Saline City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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 Glasgow quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Glasgow quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Saline City quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Saline City between 1999 and 2017, burning about 109 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 83 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 11 September 1999 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 11 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 18 March 1999 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 25 November 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 27 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Saline City: 24 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Barium-Barite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Barite | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Alkive Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Arrow Rock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Gilliam Rock Quarry and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Glasgow Quarry and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Old Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Saline City in 1 storm report in 2019: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2019 | Hail | Saline City | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arrow Rock | 4.9 miles | 17 | |
| Hardeman | 5.0 miles | 18 | |
| West Glasgow | 6.3 miles | 16 | |
| Gilliam | 7.2 miles | 18 | |
| Orearville | 7.3 miles | 18 | |
| Cambridge | 8.1 miles | 15 | |
| Slater | 8.6 miles | 18 | |
| Napton | 9.6 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740019. 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.







