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Tipton Ford, Missouri

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Neosho Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64804. It stands on Carver Branch. The Survey maps it on the Tipton Ford quadrangle. It stands 945 feet above sea level.

Tipton Ford within Newton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

140 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 140 fires within 5 miles of Tipton Ford between 1992 and 2020, burning about 350 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 burning84
Missing data/not specified/undetermined41
Recreation and ceremony9
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
5 September 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
3 September 2000Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
29 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179216-07341-09292019-1036
28 September 2004Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
26 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179214-07341-09262019-1903
23 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179195-07341-09232019-1332
22 September 2000Debris and open burning10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 September 2000Smoking1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Newton County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 86 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 86 workings within 5 miles of Tipton Ford: 86 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Zinc, Lead, Zinc, 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
Unknown - Coal & ZnCoal, ZincPast Producer
Ailsworth MineLeadPast Producer
Cornwall DiggingsLeadPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Cedar Creek MinesZincPast Producer
Shaitel LandZincPast Producer
Shartel PropertyZincPast Producer1929, 1943
Unknown - ZnZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Newton County

Storms near this place

11 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tipton Ford in 11 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 6 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2022Thunderstorm WindTipton Ford$20,000Two power poles, a few trees and numerous limbs were reported down.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindTipton Ford$2,000Several trees were blown down or uprooted. One home suffered minor roof damage.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindTipton Ford-Several large limbs were reported down via social media.
June 2021Flash FloodTipton Ford-The bridge at the intersection of Martin and Elder Roads was reported as underwater as Carver Creek flowed out of its banks. .
May 2020FloodTipton Ford-A non-life threatening water rescue occurred when Shoal Creek water levels rose and backed up into a tributary which resulted in a group of campers becoming encircled by water.
April 2019HailTipton Ford-Nickle size hail was reported at I-49 and Highway V south of Joplin.
March 2017HailTipton Ford-no account filed
May 2017HailTipton Ford-no account filed
March 2013HailTipton Ford-no account filed
June 2008HailTipton Ford-no account filed
June 1998HailTipton Ford-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Newton 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
Spurgeon3.8 miles14
Saginaw4.0 miles19
Shoal Creek Estates4.6 miles19
Fredville4.7 miles14
Silver Creek5.1 miles19
Leawood5.6 miles19
Cliff Village5.7 miles19
Spring City5.8 miles16

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 Tipton FordAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3471052The 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 741324. 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.