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Tin Town, Missouri

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1884 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Mooney Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65622. It lies near Lucas Knob. The Survey maps it on the Fair Grove quadrangle.

Tin Town within Polk County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 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

59 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Tin Town between 1995 and 2020, burning about 273 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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
Debris and open burning30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking4
Fireworks1
Natural1

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
9 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
19 September 2000Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
19 September 2000Debris and open burning20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
17 September 2000Smoking1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
11 September 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 August 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 August 1997Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Tin Town: 1 past producer. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Polk County

Storms near this place

19 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tin Town in 19 storm reports between 2008 and 2026: 6 flash flood, 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 tornado. 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 2008Tornado (EF0)Tin Town$25,000A National Weather Service storm survey revealed that an EF-0 tornado damaged a home, a barn, and power poles in rural southeast Polk County.
May 2024Tornado (EF0)Tin Town$3,000This is a continuation of an EF-0 tornado that touched down in Greene County. Once the tornado crossed into Polk County, it continued it's intermittent path northeast, intermittently uprooting trees and causing limb damage for 3.7 miles before crossing into Dallas County.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindTin Town$2,000A small barn was heavily damaged. A house had minor roof damage. Several trees were blown down near Road 244th and Road 215th. Time was estimated by radar.
April 2026HailTin Town-Quarter sized hail was reported.
April 2025Flash FloodTin Town-Missouri Highway 215 at the Little Wilsons Creek was flooded and impassable.
April 2025Flash FloodTin Town-Highway 215 at a tributary of the Little Wilsons Creek was flooded and impassable.
August 2025HailTin Town-Report of quarter size hail.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindTin Town-Significant tree damage, with limbs of 6 to 8 inches down, was reported along Highway AF and Farm Road 2.
June 2024Flash FloodTin Town-Over eight feet of water was over State Highway 215 at the Pomme De Terre River.
June 2024Flash FloodTin Town-State Highway 215 flooded and was impassable at the Pomme De Terre River.
January 2020Flash FloodTin Town-Excessive rain caused flooding on Highway 215 at the Pomme De Terre River closing the road.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindTin Town-A tree fell and blocked a roadway on 240th Road northeast of Pleasant Hope.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindTin Town-Several large trees were uprooted. The report was received via social media.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindTin Town-Several large limbs were blown down and wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph.
September 2010Flash FloodTin Town-The Little Pomme de Terre River flowed out of its banks flooding Highway 535. Several other low water crossings in southeast Polk County flooded along the Little Pomme de Terre river including Highways 530...182...562...502...and 244.
September 2009Heavy RainTin Town-A spotter measured 3.20 inches of rain.
October 2009FloodTin Town-Highway 215 near the Pomme De Terre River was closed due to flooding.
October 2009FloodTin Town-Highway 215 near the Pomme De Terre River was closed due to flooding.
June 2008HailTin Town-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Polk 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
Goodnight1.9 miles20
Rock Prairie2.1 miles20
Pleasant Hope4.3 miles17
Rex6.4 miles17
Schofield6.8 miles17
Brighton8.2 miles17
Van8.9 miles16
Sunset9.0 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 735884. 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.