Teal Bend, Missouri
22 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 stands on Tebo Creek. The Survey maps it on the Shawnee Bend quadrangle. It stands 866 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 22 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
- 1936 USGS Shawnee Bend quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Shawnee Bend quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Shawnee Bend quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Shawnee Bend quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Harry S Truman Reservoir quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Shawnee Bend quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
36 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Teal Bend between 1992 and 2020, burning about 934 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 20 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 19 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 138 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | RACKET |
| 15 August 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 12 August 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 July 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 126550-00810-07062015-1705 |
| 5 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 18 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177368-04209-07052018-1336 |
| 6 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177166-00807-04062018-1052 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Teal Bend: 6 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - S+G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Charles Millers Land | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Smith Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Northwest Quarry Mine & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Palo Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. Pits | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Warsaw Northwest Mine Qry 1 & Plnt | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Racket | 0.8 miles | 22 | |
| Macks Camp | 2.5 miles | 22 | |
| Bent Tree Harbor | 3.2 miles | 23 | |
| Opportunity Farms | 3.7 miles | 23 | |
| Tackner | 4.3 miles | 23 | |
| Warsaw | 6.0 miles | 23 | |
| Valley View | 6.1 miles | 23 | |
| Cold Springs | 6.4 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.
| Wikidata item Q7691382 | 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 738536. 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.












