Evening Shade, Missouri
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Roubidoux Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65552. The Survey maps it on the Roby quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 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.
- 1941 USGS Big Piney quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Big Piney quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Big Piney quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Roby quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Lebanon quadrangle1:100000
- 2004 USGS Roby quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
67 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Evening Shade between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,824 acres in total. None started naturally. 35 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 35 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | ROBY LAKE |
| 22 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | PADDY CHAPEL |
| 23 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 51 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | CLAY |
| 11 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | 17 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | BUM |
| 24 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | SKIDDER |
| 12 July 2020 | Smoking | 1.9 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 220559-10735-07122020-1805 |
| 21 May 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | ROCK CREEK ROAD |
| 21 May 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | PUMP STATION ROAD #1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Evening Shade: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
18 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Evening Shade in 18 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 7 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2009 | Tornado (EF1) | Evening Shade | 1 hurt, $25,000 | A National Weather Service storm survey rated the tornado an EF-1. The tornado rolled a mobile home resulting in 1 injury. The tornado produced a path three quarters of a mile long with a width of 100 yards. |
| March 2025 | Tornado (EF1) | Old Evening Shade | $20,000 | An EF1 tornado with peak winds around 90 mph continued from Wright County into far northwestern Texas County north of Plato. In Texas County, the tornado uprooted numerous tree. The tornado then tracked northeast into Pulaski County. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Evening Shade | $5,000 | Large hail fell in mostly forrested areas. |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evening Shade | $5,000 | no account filed |
| March 2025 | Hail | Evening Shade | - | Hail to two inches in diameter fell north of Roby. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Old Evening Shade | - | Hail to the size of quarters fell in Evening Shade. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Evening Shade | - | Hail to the size of quarters fell just north of Roby. |
| May 2025 | Heavy Rain | Evening Shade | - | A Mesonet station measured a 24 hour rainfall total of 3.01 inches. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Old Evening Shade | - | Several large pine trees were reported down. |
| November 2024 | Flash Flood | Old Evening Shade | - | Numerous low water crossings were flooded and impassible in northwestern Texas County. |
| March 2023 | Flash Flood | Evening Shade | - | Heavy rainfall across the area caused multiple low water crossings to become flooded and impassable. |
| November 2020 | Flood | Old Evening Shade | - | The Roubidoux Creek reached minor flood stage causing water to impact Highway 17 in northern Texas County. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Evening Shade | - | This hail report was from social media with a picture. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evening Shade | - | Several trees were uprooted. |
| August 2013 | Heavy Rain | Evening Shade | - | Between midnight and noon a COCORAHS site reported 8.52 inches of rainfall. For the 24 hour period ending at noon, the site received 10.37 inches of rain. |
| April 2008 | Flash Flood | Old Evening Shade | - | One to two inches of rain fell over Texas County. All low areas that typically flood during periods of excessive rainfall were flooded. The Big Piney River experienced significant flooding. As a matter of fact, a water rescue was performed near the river two miles southwest of Houston. |
| July 2011 | Hail | Evening Shade | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Evening Shade | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 749869. 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.








