Tiffin, Missouri
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Speedwell Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64744. It stands on Little Clear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tiffin quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1886 USGS Stockton quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1937 USGS Tiffin quadrangle1:24000
- 1937 USGS Tiffin quadrangle1:31680
- 1941 USGS Tiffin quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Tiffin quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Bolivar quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Tiffin quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
7 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Tiffin between 1992 and 2014, burning about 815 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 613 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 26 July 2011 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 23 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 2 March 1992 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 24 February 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 20 November 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 16 November 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 130 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Tiffin: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capp's Shaft | Zinc | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tiffin in 11 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1999 | Tornado (F3) | Tiffin | 1 hurt, $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tiffin | $2,000 | no account filed |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tiffin | - | A wind gust of 67 mph was reported. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tiffin | - | A mesonet weather station measured a 67 mph wind gust. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Tiffin | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Tiffin | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Tiffin | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Tiffin | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tiffin | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Tiffin | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tiffin | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pape | 1.3 miles | 19 | |
| New Oyer | 3.5 miles | 16 | |
| Oyer | 3.6 miles | 16 | |
| Ebb (historical) | 3.7 miles | 19 | |
| Story (historical) | 4.7 miles | 16 | |
| Taberville | 4.7 miles | 19 | |
| Donia | 5.7 miles | 19 | |
| Crooks Springs | 5.8 miles | 16 |
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 Tiffin | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28035670 | 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 756795. 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.









