BlockSaline, Missouri
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Lindley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64632. The Survey maps it on the Pleasanton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1954 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Pleasanton quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Leon quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
6 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Saline between 2015 and 2018, burning about 32 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 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 16 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177451-02319-07072018-1613 |
| 28 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 125910-02319-04282015-1848 |
| 26 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 3.6 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177457-02319-04262018-1631 |
| 1 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 121721-02319-04012015-0955 |
| 6 March 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 120250-02319-03062015-1434 |
| 21 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 120941-02319-03212015-1340 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Saline: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
Storms near this place
4 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Saline in 4 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 3 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1993 | Hail | Saline | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Heavy Rain | Saline | - | Personal weather station in far NW Mercer County just south of the Iowa border reports 5.95 inches of rain over the course of about 36 hours. |
| May 1997 | Hail | Saline | - | Quarter-size hail was reported by a resident of Saline during a severe thunderstorm. |
| August 2004 | Hail | Saline | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burrows | 1.7 miles | 10 | |
| Adel | 3.1 miles | 7 | |
| Wataga | 5.5 miles | 7 | |
| Alvord (historical) | 8.6 miles | 10 | |
| Goshen | 10.3 miles | 10 | |
| Mercer | 10.4 miles | 7 | |
| South Lineville | 11.4 miles | 7 | |
| Princeton | 11.7 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 741230. 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.