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Tuckahoe, Missouri

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Galena Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64801. It lies near Leadville Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Carl Junction quadrangle.

Tuckahoe within Jasper County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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.

In the county-history sources

121 words on this township

The History of Jasper County, Missouri : Including a Condensed History of the State, a Complete History of Carthage and Joplin, Other Towns and Townships : Together with Numerous Portraits of Prominent Men : Cuts of Elegant Residences and Public Buildings : a Sectional Map of the County : Biographical Sketches of Many Enterprising Farmers, Merchants, Mechanics, Professional, and Business Men : the Constitution of the State : an Abstract of Laws : an Elaborate History of Jasper County - Its Topography, Natural History, Pioneers, Organization, Political History, Courts and Bar, Religious, Educational, Medical, Agricultural, Mining, and Horticultural, Its Commercial and Business Interests, Etc, published 1883 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Galena Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Galena Township - 121 words.

Fires near this place

8 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Tuckahoe between 1993 and 2020, burning about 17 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Debris and open burning4

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
22 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
22 April 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 March 1994Debris and open burning10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
13 March 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 November 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation261459-04936-11012020-0430
14 October 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation131471-04912-10142015-1259
25 January 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
18 January 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation119431-04912-01182015-1307

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jasper County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 1,142 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1,142 workings within 5 miles of Tuckahoe: 1,138 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Lead, Zinc, 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
Klondike PitClayPast Producer
Mattes Bros. Chat PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sucker Flats PitClayPast Producer
Unknown - Zn/PbZinc, LeadPast Producer
Unknown - Zn/PbZinc, LeadPast Producer
Webb City Chat PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Griesmer QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Opossum Hollow QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jasper County

Storms near this place

6 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tuckahoe in 6 storm reports between 2010 and 2024: 3 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
July 2024FloodTuckahoe-Reports of Joplin Creek spilling into Murphy Blvd and Landreth Park causing flooding. Over 4 feet of fast moving water was reported over the roadway.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindTuckahoe-A large tree was reported down along Pearl Street.
April 2022Flash FloodTuckahoe-Heavy rainfall caused up to 3 feet of water across multiple city streets.
May 2019Flash FloodTuckahoe-Multiple intersections along Zora Street were underwater due to heavy rain and runoff.
May 2010Flash FloodTuckahoe-Several streets were reported as flooded and impassable including the intersection of Zora and Lone Elm Streets.
May 2010HailTuckahoe-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jasper 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
Lone Elm1.0 miles19
Airport Drive1.4 miles18
Thoms1.8 miles18
Chitwood2.9 miles19
Oakland Park3.0 miles19
West Joplin3.1 miles19
Joplin3.2 miles19
Belleville3.3 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 727823. 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.