Tackner, Missouri
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Tom Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65355. It sits by Cobb Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Warsaw West quadrangle. It stands 751 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 23 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.
- 1887 USGS Warsaw quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Warsaw quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1945 USGS Fristoe quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Warsaw West quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1980 USGS Warsaw West quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Harry S Truman Reservoir quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
23 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Tackner between 1992 and 2018, burning about 914 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 | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 23 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 281 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | SHOCKMAN |
| 6 July 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 126550-00810-07062015-1705 |
| 6 April 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 10 April 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 March 1992 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 122650-00805-03052015-1545 |
| 19 March 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Tackner: 9 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Barium-Barite, Lead, Iron, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackman Mine | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S+G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Charles Millers Land | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Smith Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead-Barite | Barium-Barite, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Unknown - Lead-Barite | Barium-Barite, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Phillips Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tackner in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2026: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Tornado (EF1) | Tackner | $425,000 | An National Weather Service survey concluded an EF1 tornado touched down southwest of Warsaw, crossing the lake, and tracking just east of Highway 65. The tornado flipped several mobile homes resting on blocks, damaged signs and roofing associated with stores along Highway 65, and created a pattern of tree damage including many uprooted or snapped, surveyed through in-person and Sentinel-2 satellite surveys. The tornado tracked for a little over 6 miles with a path width of 200 yards and maximum wind speeds of 90mph. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tackner | $15,000 | A power line was reported down and a small outbuilding suffered minor damage. |
| December 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tackner | $1,000 | A NWS storm survey found a few hardwood trees downed just west of Warsaw near the golf course. |
| January 2008 | Hail | Tackner | - | Hail was observed along the Benton and Henry county border. |
| March 2008 | Flash Flood | Tackner | - | One to four inches of rain fell over Benton County. The southeast corner of the county near Edwards and Knobby experienced the greatest rainfall totals. Numerous sections of county roads and all low water crossings were flooded. Within the northern section of Benton County, the flooding was minimal, and confined to only a few low water crossings. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opportunity Farms | 1.5 miles | 23 | |
| Valley View | 2.1 miles | 23 | |
| Cold Springs | 2.5 miles | 23 | |
| Warsaw | 2.6 miles | 23 | |
| Whitakerville | 3.5 miles | 23 | |
| Bent Tree Harbor | 3.5 miles | 23 | |
| Blue Branch | 3.6 miles | 23 | |
| White Branch | 4.0 miles | 23 |
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 Tackner | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14704504 | 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 741310. 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.










