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Tecumseh, Missouri

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Dawt Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65760. It stands on Bryant Creek. The Survey maps it on the Udall quadrangle.

Tecumseh within Ozark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 13 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

54 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Tecumseh between 1992 and 2020, burning about 640 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 7 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 burning27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Arson/incendiarism7
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural2
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
23 August 1995Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
27 July 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
27 July 1993Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
11 May 1997Arson/incendiarism50 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 2001Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 April 1995Debris and open burning7.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 April 1995Debris and open burning4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ozark County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Tecumseh: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Zinc, Lead, Zinc. 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
Sharp MineZincPast Producer1893
Unknown - Lead-ZincLead, ZincPast Producer
Everett Mahan ProspectIronPast Producer
Garrett BankIronPast Producer
L M Strong PitIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Ozark County

Storms near this place

32 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tecumseh in 32 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 13 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 6 flash flood, 2 heavy rain. 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
January 2005Tornado (F0)Tecumseh$50,000A brief tornado touched down near the community of Tecumseh. Several large trees were snapped along Highway 160 near Cloud Nine Resort.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindTecumseh$15,000The electric cooperative reported limbs and power lines down near Tecumseh.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindTecumseh$5,000A couple trees were blown down.
April 1994HailTecumseh$50no account filed
April 2026HailTecumseh-Quarter sized hail was reported.
April 2026HailTecumseh-Ping pong ball sized hail was reported.
November 2024Heavy RainTecumseh-The CoCoRaHS station MO-OZ-13 located 2.2 miles southeast of Tecumseh measured a 2-day rainfall total of 9.09 inches.
August 2023Flash FloodTecumseh-County Road 551 at Bridges Creek was flooded and impassable.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindTecumseh-Several trees and limbs were blown down in the Tecumseh and Hardenville areas.
May 2018Flash FloodTecumseh-Tecumseh Fire Department reported water over the road at several spots.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindTecumseh-Several tree limbs were blown down.
July 2015Flash FloodTecumseh-County Road 551 was flooded due to water from Norfork Lake.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindTecumseh-Small trees between 4 to 5 inches in diameter were blown down. Small hail was reported but size was unknown.
April 2011Heavy RainTecumseh-COOP observer reported 3.50 inches of rainfall.
September 2010Flash FloodTecumseh-Several low water crossings were closed across eastern portions of the county due to flooding.
October 2009Flash FloodTecumseh-Smokey Road was closed due to flooding.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindTecumseh-A derecho that swept across southwestern Missouri during the early morning hours of July 4th downed numerous trees across Ozark County.
May 1998Flash FloodTecumseh-An isolated thunderstorm produced between one and two inches of rain causing flooding of a low water crossing along Highway PP at the North Fork of the White River.
March 2015HailTecumseh-no account filed
September 2012HailTecumseh-no account filed
March 2010HailTecumseh-no account filed
August 2005HailTecumseh-no account filed
May 2003HailTecumseh-no account filed
May 2003HailTecumseh-no account filed
December 2002HailTecumseh-no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindTecumseh-no account filed
August 2001Thunderstorm WindTecumseh-no account filed
April 2000Thunderstorm WindTecumseh-no account filed
May 2000HailTecumseh-no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindTecumseh-no account filed
March 1996HailTecumseh-no account filed
November 1995HailTecumseh-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ozark 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
Dawt Mill1.7 miles13
Dawt1.7 miles13
Udall Landing3.0 miles13
Udall3.3 miles13
Fay3.7 miles13
Sharp4.3 miles13
Hardenville4.5 miles13
Luna4.6 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 727512. 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.