Whitesville, Missouri
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Platte Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64480. It stands on Agee Creek. The Survey maps it on the Whitesville quadrangle. It stands 955 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1925 USGS Stanberry quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1939 USGS Stanberry quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Stanberry quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Whitesville quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Maryville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Whitesville between 1999 and 2020, burning about 25 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 | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.2 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178425-00205-07102018-1520 |
| 12 May 2018 | Other causes | 2.3 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178423-00205-05122018-1825 |
| 1 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190463-00205-03012020-0835 |
| 26 February 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.4 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177976-00205-02262018-1345 |
| 11 February 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190462-00205-02112020-1135 |
| 6 October 1999 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 30 January 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.6 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177974-00205-01302018-1730 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Whitesville: 7 past producers, 1 prospect. 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| H.M.Denny Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Whitesville in 4 storm reports between 1994 and 2015: 1 tornado, 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. The reports record 1 death and 2 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1994 | Tornado (F2) | Whitesville | 1 killed, 2 hurt, $5,000,000 | A tornado touched down southeast of Whitesville destroying 12 mobile homes. A 58-year old woman was killed and her husband injured in one of the mobile homes, which had been tied down. Another occupant sustained minor injuries after fleeing the home to seek shelter in a nearby pickup truck. The storm also damaged a workshop and buildings on a nearby farm with total damage estimates around $950,000. (F58M) |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitesville | - | Tree down across BB Highway. |
| June 2004 | Flash Flood | Whitesville | - | Heavy rains have caused water over roads. |
| November 2015 | Hail | Whitesville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rea | 2.4 miles | 12 | |
| Flag Springs | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Cawood | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Empire Prairie | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Wyeth | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Rosendale | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| Fountainbleau | 6.0 miles | 17 | |
| Bolckow | 6.5 miles | 12 |
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 Whitesville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27983824 | The 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 728792. 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.







