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Saverton, Missouri

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Saverton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63467. It stands on Hascall Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hannibal East quadrangle.

Saverton within Ralls County

On record in Saverton

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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.

Fires near this place

22 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Saverton between 1999 and 2020, burning about 1,237 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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/undetermined13
Debris and open burning8
Arson/incendiarism1

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
17 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources369
10 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources276
29 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined13 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources203
28 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources204
27 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources199
9 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.6 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177314-06417-03092018-1150
8 March 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation190314-06417-03082020-2030
31 March 2020Debris and open burning7.3 acresMissouri Department of Conservation190477-06417-03312020-1610

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ralls 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 Saverton: 3 producers, 3 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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
Hannibal Plant - Shale PitClayProducer
Al Plant - Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Burlington MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Ralls County

Storms near this place

8 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Saverton in 8 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado, 1 lightning. 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
July 2025Thunderstorm WindSaverton-Thunderstorm winds knocked down a large tree which blocked Highway 79 at an unknown location.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindSaverton-Thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs and power lines onto Highway 79 just southwest of Saverton.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindSaverton-Thunderstorm winds blew down a tree across a road just south southwest of Saverton.
August 2007FloodSaverton-Heavy rain upstream caused minor flooding on the Mississippi River. At Saverton, the river peaked about 1.5 feet over flood stage and was still in flood when the month ended.
May 2004Tornado (F0)Saverton-Burlington Northern employees reported a brief tornado in southern Ralls County. The train had stopped to allow another train to pass when a small tornado passed in front of the lead locomotive. Some trees were damaged in the area.
August 2004LightningSaverton-A lighting strike was believed to be the cause of a fire at the Saverton Community Church. Firefighters were able to contain the fire to the rear roof area of the church.
April 2008HailSaverton-no account filed
May 1998HailSaverton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ralls 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
Monkey Run2.5 miles17
Ilasco2.8 miles17
Salt River4.8 miles18
Flint Hill6.3 miles17
Ralls7.5 miles17
New London8.2 miles17
Hydesburg (historical)10.7 miles17
Spalding13.8 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 726071. 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.