Tightwad, Missouri
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Leesville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64735. The Survey maps it on the Leesville quadrangle. 58 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 876 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresTightwad fell from 69 to 58 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 69 | |
| 2020 | 58 | -11 (-16%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1887 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Leesville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Harry S Truman Reservoir quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
54 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Tightwad between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,028 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 15 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 19 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 138 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | RACKET |
| 15 August 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 12 August 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 10 August 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 July 2018 | Fireworks | 17 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177369-04209-07092018-1829 |
| 5 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 18 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177368-04209-07052018-1336 |
| 26 July 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
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 Tightwad: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Millers Land | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Palo Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. Pits | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
20 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tightwad in 20 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 13 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tightwad | $1,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 70 mph. Several 10 to 12 inch in diameter tree limbs were knocked down. Garage doors were blown in, and part of a metal roof was curled back. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tightwad | - | Survey suggests 85 mph straight line winds along Route Z in far SE Henry County (east of Finey Church) caused widespread straight line wind damage, snapping large tree branches and even a few trunks. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tightwad | - | Public report of several trees down. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tightwad | - | Strong winds took out the spotter's weather station and brought down several tree limbs approximately 5 to 7 inches in diameter. |
| January 2008 | Hail | Tightwad | - | Pea to dime sized hail was observed by a trained spotter. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Tightwad | - | Highway 7 was closed due to high water. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tightwad | - | Trees were uprooted and downed in Tightwad. |
| March 2021 | Hail | Tightwad | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Tightwad | - | no account filed |
| February 2017 | Hail | Tightwad | - | no account filed |
| February 2017 | Hail | Tightwad | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Tightwad | - | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Hail | Tightwad | - | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Hail | Tightwad | - | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Hail | Tightwad | - | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Hail | Tightwad | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Tightwad | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Tightwad | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Tightwad | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tightwad | - | 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 Tightwad | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2375092 | 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 741321. 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.








