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Teresita, Missouri

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Montier Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65438. The Survey maps it on the Mountain View quadrangle.

Teresita within Shannon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

37 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Teresita between 1992 and 2017, burning about 906 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 burning22
Arson/incendiarism9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1

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 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined387 acresMissouri Department of ConservationRENEGAR
11 August 2007Arson/incendiarism8.8 acresMark Twain National ForestKODIAK 2
4 July 1993Fireworksunder an acreOzark National Scenic RiverBLUESPRING
8 April 2011Arson/incendiarism36 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 April 2002Debris and open burning72 acresOzark National Scenic RiverMCDONALD
2 April 1995Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 April 1995Arson/incendiarism11 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
18 April 1994Debris and open burning6.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shannon County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Teresita: 4 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Fisher-Melton MineIronPast Producer1954
Garrison TractIronOccurrenceLimonite
Lola Farrar ProspectIronProspectSurface
Melton MineIronPast Producer
Neighbors John LandIronOccurrenceLimonite
Smith Pleasant LandIronOccurrenceLimonite
Talkington BankIronProspect

Every working recorded in Shannon County

Storms near this place

8 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Teresita in 8 storm reports between 2006 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2024Tornado (EF3)Teresita$50,000NWS Storm Survey concluded that a low end EF-3 tornado with peak wind speeds near 140 mph caused damage to homes and businesses in Howell County before moving into Shannon County and lifting north of Montier in Shannon County. The tornado in Shannon County uprooted or snapped numerous trees and damaged several outbuildings.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindTeresita$50,000Thunderstorm winds resulted in 600 power outages in the Mountain View, Birch Tree and Winona areas from downed power lines and poles.
March 2022Thunderstorm WindTeresita$20,000Several trees were reported down on power lines.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindTeresita$5,000Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed a few power lines.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindTeresita$1,000Several large tree limbs were blown down on to a mobile home and caused minor damage.
April 2025Flash FloodTeresita-Route TT between County Road 683 and Route T due to flooding from heavy rainfall.
April 2011Flash FloodTeresita-Route TT was closed due to flooding.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindTeresita-Thunderstorm wind gusts downed several trees.

Every storm recorded in Shannon 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
Montier2.8 miles12
Congo (historical)3.4 miles12
Not6.7 miles12
Birch Tree7.2 miles14
Tin Roof (historical)8.2 miles19
Oakside8.5 miles19
Bartlett11.4 miles22
Buckhart Springs (historical)13.8 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 741316. 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.