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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1939 USGS Fordland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Fordland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Dogwood quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Mountain Grove quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
30 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 April 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 April 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 19 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 22 April 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 12 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 2 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 10 April 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 13 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 10 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 1 April 1994 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 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 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Lead | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Hart Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Silvey Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 2008Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2008 | Flash Flood | Tigris | $1,000,000 | Rainfall 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 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Tigris | $75,000 | A 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 2024 | Hail | Tigris | - | Report of baseball size hail. Damage estimates from this hail are summarized elsewhere in this report. |
| October 2019 | Heavy Rain | Tigris | - | The Co-Op Observer, AVVM7, 6NW of Ava reported 2.44 inches of rainfall over the past 24 hours. |
| August 2018 | Heavy Rain | Tigris | - | A 24 hour rainfall total of 2.26 inches was reported. |
| March 2008 | Flood | Tigris | - | This flooding is a continution of the flash flooding. Widespread flooding continued for several days after the rain ended. |
| March 2008 | Flash Flood | Tigris | - | 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 2008 | Flash Flood | Tigris | - | 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 2017 | Hail | Tigris | - | 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.
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.






