Tea, Missouri
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Brush Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63091. It stands on Block Branch. The Survey maps it on the Owensville East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 20 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.
- 1903 USGS Sullivan quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1935 USGS Gerald quadrangle1:48000
- 1941 USGS Gerald quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Gerald quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS Owensville East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Sullivan quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
35 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Tea between 1992 and 2020, burning about 350 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 128630-03623-09222015-1505 |
| 26 August 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 23 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 12 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 3 April 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 26 April 2020 | Smoking | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 200550-03734-04262020-1710 |
| 9 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 March 2003 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 175 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 175 workings within 5 miles of Tea: 172 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Sand and Gravel, Construction, Scandium. 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 - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Zeman Pit #1 | Scandium | Producer | ||
| Ahring # 1 | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Bullington Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Copleman Pits | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Fisher Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Frey #3 | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Havener # 3 | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Hemplemann # 1 | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Hohenstreet # 1 | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tea in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2012: 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2012 | Hail | Tea | - | Large hail was reported at the intersection of State Highway V and State Highway T. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Tea | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bem | 4.5 miles | 20 | |
| Rosebud | 6.0 miles | 20 | |
| Owensville | 6.4 miles | 16 | |
| Glaser Ford | 8.0 miles | 17 | |
| Canaan | 8.7 miles | 16 | |
| Old Woollam | 10.5 miles | 16 | |
| New Woollam | 10.8 miles | 16 | |
| Cleavesville | 11.0 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 729670. 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.










