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Eunice, Missouri

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Ozark Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65468. The Survey maps it on the Eunice quadrangle. It stands 1,358 feet above sea level.

Eunice within Texas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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

55 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Eunice between 1992 and 2019, burning about 610 acres in total. None started naturally. 16 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 burning19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Arson/incendiarism16
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1

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
12 August 2019Debris and open burning8.4 acresMissouri Department of Conservation179448-10163-08122019-1835
14 July 2018Debris and open burning1.3 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177257-10163-07142018-1101
6 May 1997Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 May 2018Debris and open burning48 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177134-10163-05012018-2231
1 May 2000Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 May 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 April 2016Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation138091-10163-04042016-1518
4 April 2000Arson/incendiarism83 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Texas County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Eunice: 6 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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
Baker QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Lilly Hollow MineIronPast Producer1907
Speer's MountainIronOccurrenceLimonite
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Texas County

Storms near this place

9 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eunice in 9 storm reports between 2006 and 2026: 4 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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
May 2025Thunderstorm WindEunice$25,000Two trees and multiple power poles were down.
March 2026Tornado (EF1)Eunice$15,000A NWS survey team found EF-1 damage with maximum winds of 93 mph near Eunice in Texas County. Multiple trees were uprooted and/or snapped along the path, and a barn roof was damaged.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindEunice$10,000Large limbs and power line were reported down.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindEunice-A tree was reported down across County Road 3442 near Eunice.
March 2017HailEunice-This report was from social media with a picture.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindEunice-Trained spotters estimated 60 mph wind gusts.
July 2009HailEunice-no account filed
March 2006HailEunice-no account filed
July 2006HailEunice-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Texas 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
Big Creek3.5 miles17
Midvale3.5 miles17
Yukon4.1 miles18
Nagle5.8 miles17
Tyrone5.9 miles18
Hartshorn5.9 miles20
Raymondville7.1 miles18
Samoa7.3 miles19

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 EuniceAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3471796The 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 717651. 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.