Tiff City, Missouri
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in McMillen Tiff Township. The Survey maps it on the Tiff City quadrangle. It stands 820 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1907 USGS Wyandotte quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1909 USGS Wyandotte quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Tiff City quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Neosho quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
107 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 107 fires within 5 miles of Tiff City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,643 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 32 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 32 |
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Natural | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Miami Agency | WINNEY |
| 8 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 580 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 30434 |
| 8 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 30563 |
| 8 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 30561 |
| 6 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Miami Agency | LOST |
| 11 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 30438 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Tiff City: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Zinc, Iron. 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 - Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Zinc | Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Zinc | Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Zinc & Lead | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Zinc & Lead | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tiff City in 7 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 6 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Hail | Tiff City | - | Quarter sized hail was reported. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tiff City | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Tiff City and Pineville., |
| May 2017 | Hail | Tiff City | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Tiff City | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Tiff City | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Tiff City | - | no account filed |
| December 1997 | Hail | Tiff City | - | 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.
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.
| Wikipedia article on Tiff City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3469260 | 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 727650. 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.






