Tiffany Springs, Missouri
37 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1983. It stands in May Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64153. The Survey maps it on the Ferrelview quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 37 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.
- 1890 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1894 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:125000, 14 printings
- 1914 USGS Smithville quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Ferrelview quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Smithville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Ferrelview quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
11 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Tiffany Springs in 2007, burning about 2 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 28 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 7 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 18 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 12 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 1 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 23 July 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 8 November 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | 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 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Tiffany Springs: 18 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Drennon Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Hampton Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Riley Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weatherby Lake | 1.6 miles | 40 | |
| Tarrytown | 1.9 miles | 37 | |
| Hampton | 2.4 miles | 37 | |
| Platte Gardens | 2.9 miles | 37 | |
| Platte Woods | 3.4 miles | 40 | |
| Lake Waukomis | 3.7 miles | 40 | |
| Ferrelview | 3.8 miles | 37 | |
| Linkville | 4.2 miles | 37 |
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 Tiffany Springs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27986306 | 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 730229. 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.










