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Tauria, Missouri

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Ruth A Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65737. The Survey maps it on the Spokane quadrangle.

Tauria within Stone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 12 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

93 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Tauria between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,104 acres in total. None started naturally. 22 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 burning52
Arson/incendiarism22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
30 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresMissouri Department of Conservation230929-10404-09302020-1740
12 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
22 August 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 April 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 April 1995Debris and open burning6.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 April 2001Debris and open burning40 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 April 1993Debris and open burning7.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
3 April 1997Debris and open burning22 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stone 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 Tauria: 5 past producers, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Zinc, Gold. 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
Unknown - GoldGoldProspect
Unknown - Lead - ZincLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - Lead-ZincLead, ZincPast Producer
Reed Springs Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Stone County

Storms near this place

5 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tauria in 5 storm reports between 2010 and 2019: 2 flash flood, 2 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
August 2019Thunderstorm WindTauria$8,000Multiple trees and two power lines were downed off of Reno Springs Road.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindTauria$4,000A power line and multiple trees were reported down on Keystone Road near Highway 160.
July 2015Flash FloodTauria-The low water crossing on Holt Woods Road near Dogwood Tree Road was flooded.
May 2013Tornado (EF1)Tauria-An EF-1 tornado uprooted trees along its path. Estimated winds were around 90 mph.
March 2010Flash FloodTauria-Railey Creek Road was flooded.

Every storm recorded in Stone 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
Abesville2.7 miles12
Stutts2.8 miles12
Carico3.5 miles12
Reeds Spring4.2 miles14
Thelma4.5 miles15
Bear Den Junction (historical)4.7 miles12
Ponce de Leon4.8 miles12
White City5.8 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 737927. 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.