Photograph of Battle of Pilot Knob State Historic Site — Photograph by Kbh3rd, CC BY 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Fort Davidson

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.

From the record

“Fort Davidson, a fortification near the town of Pilot Knob, Missouri, was the site of the Battle of Fort Davidson during the American Civil War. Built by Union Army soldiers during the American Civil War, the fort repulsed Confederate attacks during the Battle of Fort Davidson on September 27, 1864, during Price's Raid.”
Wikipedia article Fort Davidson, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 6 National Register listings published here for Iron County · listed in 1970 · category: Site.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 site as contributing to the listing.
Address. On MO 21, S of jct. with Rte. V in Clark National Forest, Pilot Knob, 63650
When was it listed? February 1970
Category. site
Township. Arcadia township
National Register reference number. 70000332 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

29 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Fort Davidson between 1992 and 2020, burning about 135 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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
Debris and open burning	16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	6
Arson/incendiarism	4
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Recreation and ceremony	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
3 September 1996	Recreation and ceremony	10 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
2 September 1995	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
9 April 1994	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
7 April 2013	Debris and open burning	8.3 acres	Mark Twain National Forest	334
4 April 1992	Misuse of fire by a minor	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
14 April 1995	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
10 April 1993	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
3 March 1992	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named

Every fire recorded in Iron County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 32 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Fort Davidson: 27 past producers, 2 prospects, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Granite, Limestone, Dimension, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Sheahan Granite Quarry	Tin, Stone, Dimension	Past Producer	1888
Shepherd Mountain	Iron, Sulfur, Phosphorus-Phosphates	Past Producer	1815
Unknown - Lead - Iron	Iron, Lead	Past Producer
Unknown - Lead Prospect	Lead	Prospect
Jones Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown - Ls	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown - Ls	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Hastings Quarry	Limestone, Dimension	Past Producer
Russell Quarry	Limestone, Dimension	Past Producer
Unknown - Ls Dimension	Limestone, Dimension	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Iron County

Storms near this property

11 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pilot Knob, the town this property stands in, in 11 storm reports between 2003 and 2025: 6 hail, 2 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Pilot Knob	-	Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees across Ironton and Pilot Knob.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Pilot Knob	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down several large trees and powerlines in Pilot Knob.
February 2008	Flash Flood	Pilot Knob	-	Two to three inches of rain fell over portions of Iron county during the evening hours of February 5th. Water 6 to 12 inches deep was reported on Highway 221 in Pilot Knob at an underpass. Also, several low water crossings were flooded for a time in the area.
September 2006	Tornado (F1)	Pilot Knob	-	As the tornado moved into Iron County from Reynolds County, it tracked northeast paralleling Route N for a mile, resulting in a long swath of continuous damage which spanned both sides of the road. Numerous trees were either uprooted or snapped, 5 homes sustained roof and exterior damage, and a mobile home was flipped on its side. The damage path was around a third of a mile wide and was rated high end F1. The tornado then narrowed and moved across the southeast portion of Snow Hollow Lake where trees were snapped and uprooted. Two homes sustained moderate damage due to the tornado and fallen trees. The damage path was about 75 yards wide and was rated F1 in intensity. The tornado continued northeast crossing Highway 21 around a mile north of Pilot Knob. Several homes on each side of the highway and a day care center on the west side received minor roof damage. Trees were also snapped and uprooted. The tornado then crossed Middlebrook Road where one home lost a portion of its roof, a mobile home sustained moderate damage and a machine shed was destroyed. This damage was rated F1 in intensity and was about 100 yards wide. The tornado then moved up the ridge line further east snapping a number of trees half way up. The tornado then crossed Route V around half a mile south of the Iron/St. Francois County line, snapping and topping trees on both sides of the road. The damage path was about 40 yards wide and was rated F1. It appears the tornado lifted just south of the Iron/St. Francois County line around a mile northeast of Route V. No injuries or deaths were reported.
September 2006	Tornado (F2)	Pilot Knob	-	The tornado touched down 6 miles west of Pilot Knob on Route N where it destroyed a mobile home and blew down several trees and numerous tree limbs. The damage path was about 40 yards wide and was rated F1 in intensity. The tornado then traveled east towards Snow Hollow Lake. A ranch home was severely damaged along the north side of the lake. The tornado then hit several large trees along the east side of the lake. The damage path was 100 yards wide in this location with F2 intensity. The tornado continued moving to the east for another mile before lifting and dissipating. No injuries or deaths were reported.
March 2020	Hail	Pilot Knob	-	no account filed
March 2012	Hail	Pilot Knob	-	no account filed
April 2006	Hail	Pilot Knob	-	no account filed
September 2006	Hail	Pilot Knob	-	no account filed
May 2003	Hail	Pilot Knob	-	no account filed
May 2003	Hail	Pilot Knob	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Iron County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

5 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Property	Distance	Listed
Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church	0.2 miles	1979
Ironton Lodge Hall	2.1 miles	2013
St. Paul's Episcopal Church	2.2 miles	1969
Iron County Courthouse Buildings	2.3 miles	1979
Ursuline Academy-Arcadia College Historic District	3.3 miles	1998

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 70000332 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Iron County	All 6 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
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.