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Versailles, Missouri

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Moreau Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65084. The Survey maps it on the Versailles quadrangle. 2,539 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,033 feet above sea level.

Versailles within Morgan County

On record in Versailles

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 3 records

Population over time

2 figures

Versailles grew from 2,482 to 2,539 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20102,482
20202,539+57 (+2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 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

56 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Versailles between 1992 and 2020, burning about 364 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 were 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/undetermined25
Debris and open burning24
Arson/incendiarism5
Natural1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
20 August 2020Equipment and vehicle use10 acresMissouri Department of Conservation241022-07140-08202020-1559
29 July 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
26 July 2017Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
14 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 May 1992Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 May 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation127890-07147-05022015-1401
18 May 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Morgan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Versailles: 26 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Fire Clay (Refractory), Lead, Zinc, 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
Mccormick and Thayer ShaftCoal, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Sheets Prospect No 1 & 2Barium-Barite, LeadPast Producer
Silvey Zinc MineZincPast Producer
Versailles and African DiggingsZinc, Lead, CoalPast Producer
Eureka - Scott DiggingsBarium-BaritePast Producer
Hite Barite ProspectBarium-BaritePast Producer
Bremmer QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Crossroad DiggingsLead, ZincPast Producer
Hite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Townley DiggingsLead, ZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Morgan County

Storms near this place

60 of 90 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Versailles in 90 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 32 hail, 32 thunderstorm wind, 17 flash flood, 5 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 1994Thunderstorm WindVersailles$500,000A line of severe thunderstorms produced widespread wind damage and several reports of hail. Power lines and numerous trees were blown down. Many wooden and a few tin barns lost parts of their walls or roof. A few barns were pushed partially off their foundations. Near Versailles, an aviation hangar and two small planes at a private airstrip were damaged. Several houses in town sustain damage to shingles.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindVersailles$140,000A severe thunderstorm produced a two to three mile wide swath of scattered wind damage and hail from two miles northwest of Excelsior to six miles southwest of Excelsior. Strong winds damaged 23 farm buildings, while a combination of wind and hail damaged crops.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindVersailles$130,000Multiple trees and power lines were reported to be down. Additionally, a lightning strike caused a house fire, and a nearby machine shop suffered heavy damage.
April 2026LightningVersailles$50,000A home was struck by lightning causing a structure fire on the south side of Versailles.
March 1993HailVersailles$50,000The Morgan County Sheriff's Office reported lightning started a house fire.
March 2020HailVersailles$15,000Pin pong ball sized hail was reported via social media. Minor vehicle and roof damage.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindVersailles$15,000Severe thunderstorm wind gusts partially blew a roof off of a frame house. Trees were also downed.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindVersailles$10,000Numerous trees were blown down as well as power poles snapped around the Versailles area.
September 2016Flash FloodVersailles$10,000Water was reported over Marvin Road east of Versailles. Several basements in the city of Versailles were flooded.
June 2008Flash FloodVersailles$10,000Several county roads near Lake of the Ozarks were washed out from flooding.
June 1996Flash FloodVersailles$10,000no account filed
March 2026Thunderstorm WindVersailles$5,000A small shed was blown over in the city of Versailles.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindVersailles$5,000Two trees were blown down in the city park. A metal roof was torn off of a structure.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindVersailles$5,000Several trees were blown down in Versailles.
June 1994HailVersailles$5,000Large hail damaged area crops and wind gusts knocked down large trees south of Versailles.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindVersailles$5,000no account filed
April 2001Thunderstorm WindVersailles$5,000no account filed
June 2001Thunderstorm WindVersailles$5,000no account filed
March 2026Thunderstorm WindVersailles$3,000Thunderstorm winds downed a tree limb which fell on a house in Versailles.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindVersailles$3,000no account filed
June 2014Thunderstorm WindVersailles$1,000A tree was blown down on a powerline in Versailles.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindVersailles$1,000Thunderstorm wind gusts knocked over two fireworks stands while snapping one large tree.
July 2025Funnel CloudVersailles-Several reports of a funnel cloud were received from areas northeast of Versailles. No touch down occurred.
November 2025HailVersailles-Report of half dollar size hail one mile south of Versailles.
May 2024HailVersailles-Report of quarter size hail.
May 2024HailVersailles-Report of quarter size hail.
February 2023Thunderstorm WindVersailles-Multiple limbs of an inch or greater were reported down.
February 2023Thunderstorm WindVersailles-Several large limbs were reported down.
March 2020HailVersailles-Quarter sized hail was reported via MPing.
July 2020Flash FloodVersailles-Several city streets were reported as flooded and impassable along Highway 52 at Newton and DeKalb Streets.
July 2020Heavy RainVersailles-Rainfall of 2.63 inches was recorded in just over a three hour period.
June 2019Flash FloodVersailles-Several streets were flooded and impassable for a time in town.
October 2019Heavy RainVersailles-The CoCoRaHS station MO-MG-7 near Versallies reported 2.58 inches of rainfall.
August 2019FloodVersailles-Water was ponding on Jefferson Street making it impassable.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindVersailles-Several large trees were blown down throughout Morgan County. This report was from county dispatch.
April 2017Heavy RainVersailles-Storm total rainfall of 4.05 inches was measured.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindVersailles-Several trees were blown down in Versailles.
August 2016Heavy RainVersailles-A storm total of 3.00 inches of rainfall was measured in 24 hours.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindVersailles-Several large trees were blown down.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindVersailles-Several large tree limbs were blown down in Versailles.
June 2015Flash FloodVersailles-Highway W about 2 miles south of Versailles was flooded and impassable.
June 2015Flash FloodVersailles-Highway C about 1 mile east of Versailles was flooded with a foot of water over the road.
May 2015HailVersailles-There was a public photo shared on social media of half dollar sized hail.
November 2015Heavy RainVersailles-A storm total rainfall report of 2.39 inches was measured.
April 2014Flash FloodVersailles-Several low water crossing were flooded across the county.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindVersailles-A tree was blown down in the city of Versailles with several other trees reported down across Morgan County.
September 2010Flash FloodVersailles-Multiple roads in and around Versailles were reported as flooded and impassable.
September 2010Thunderstorm WindVersailles-A large tree was downed by strong thunderstorm winds.
July 2010Flash FloodVersailles-Numerous low water crossings throughout Morgan County were reported to have been flooded.
November 2009Flash FloodVersailles-Several low water roads and bridges were flooded across the county.
June 2009Funnel CloudVersailles-A trained spotter observed a funnel cloud.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindVersailles-Law enforcement estimated 60 mph wind gusts.
May 2007Flash FloodVersailles-Excessive rainfall caused signficant flash flooding in the city of Versailles. Numerous roads were impassable to motorists while the main intersection of Highways 52 and 5 also became impassable. A few businesses experienced flooding near this intersection, including a gas staion.
August 2004Flash FloodVersailles-Heavy thunderstorms produced flash flooding in the city of Versailles. Creeks near the community ran out of their banks and into roads and other low lying areas.
August 2004Flash FloodVersailles-A section of Highway 52 was inundated with flash flooding near the junction of Highway 5.
September 2003Thunderstorm WindVersailles-Several large tree branches were snapped off of trees from severe thunderstorm wind gusts.
July 1995HailVersailles-A severe thunderstorm produced a two to three mile wide swath of scattered wind damage and hail from two miles northwest of Excelsior to six miles southwest of Excelsior. Strong winds damaged 23 farm buildings, while a combination of wind and hail damaged crops.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindVersailles-A strong wind gust knocked down three large trees.
April 1994HailVersailles-A line of severe thunderstorms produced widespread wind damage and several reports of hail. Power lines and numerous trees were blown down. Many wooden and a few tin barns lost parts of their walls or roof. A few barns were pushed partially off their foundations. Near Versailles, an aviation hangar and two small planes at a private airstrip were damaged. Several houses in town sustain damage to shingles.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindVersailles-Large hail damaged area crops and wind gusts knocked down large trees south of Versailles.

Every storm recorded in Morgan 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
Marvin3.9 miles23
Glensted5.9 miles18
Excelsior7.1 miles19
Stover8.0 miles22
Gravois Mills8.5 miles25
Aikinsville8.7 miles18
Barnett9.5 miles19
Pyrmont10.9 miles17

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 VersaillesAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q963265The 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 728176. 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.