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Tigris, Missouri

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Lincoln Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65608. It lies near Red Bank Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Dogwood quadrangle.

Tigris within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

30 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Tigris between 1992 and 2019, burning about 377 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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 burning18
Arson/incendiarism8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4

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
6 April 2002Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 April 1992Arson/incendiarism19 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 April 1995Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
22 April 1998Arson/incendiarism12 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 April 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 April 1993Arson/incendiarism13 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 April 1992Debris and open burning15 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 April 1994Debris and open burning4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Tigris: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead. 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 - LeadLeadPast Producer
Hart QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Silvey QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Douglas County

Storms near this place

9 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tigris in 9 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 3 flash flood, 2 hail, 2 heavy rain, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2008Flash FloodTigris$1,000,000Rainfall amounts over Douglas County ranged from five to seven inches. Widespread flooding occurred on most of the county roads. All low areas that typically flood during periods of excessive rain flooded.
January 2008Tornado (EF0)Tigris$75,000A National Weather Service storm survey revealed that an EF-0 tornado tracked across rural areas of northwest Douglas County. Several barns and outbuildings were either damaged or destroyed with numerous trees snapped or uprooted.
May 2024HailTigris-Report of baseball size hail. Damage estimates from this hail are summarized elsewhere in this report.
October 2019Heavy RainTigris-The Co-Op Observer, AVVM7, 6NW of Ava reported 2.44 inches of rainfall over the past 24 hours.
August 2018Heavy RainTigris-A 24 hour rainfall total of 2.26 inches was reported.
March 2008FloodTigris-This flooding is a continution of the flash flooding. Widespread flooding continued for several days after the rain ended.
March 2008Flash FloodTigris-Saturated antecedent conditions existed prior to this period of excessive rainfall. Some regional locations experienced record rainfall totals from February and March. One to three inches of rain fell across the county causing widespread flash flooding of low water crossings, county roads, and low lying areas near creeks and rivers. Ultimately, all locations that typically flood during periods of excessive rainfall were flooded.
April 2008Flash FloodTigris-Numerous low lying areas across the county flooded. A few specific locations included a section of Highway Y, a section of Highway 14 near the North Fork River, and numerous streets in the city of Ava.
April 2017HailTigris-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Douglas 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
Granada1.9 miles15
Arden3.1 miles12
Dogwood3.3 miles14
Zenda4.1 miles15
Depew4.9 miles14
Arno5.9 miles13
Mount Zion5.9 miles15
Red Bank6.2 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 727655. 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.