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Tuckers Corner, Missouri

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Duval Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64855. The Survey maps it on the Neck City quadrangle.

Tuckers Corner within Jasper County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

12,140 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 Duval Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Duval Township - 12,140 words.

Fires near this place

23 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Tuckers Corner between 1994 and 2020, burning about 90 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
Debris and open burning14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Fireworks1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
19 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 July 2020Fireworks24 acresMissouri Department of Conservation230721-04902-07052020-1125
7 June 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation200517-02439-06072019-2330
17 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.4 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177913-04902-05172018-1641
12 May 1994Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.5 acresMissouri Department of Conservation190403-04955-04082020-1515
6 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresMissouri Department of Conservation190402-04955-04062020-1340
5 March 1994Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jasper County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Tuckers Corner: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc, Lead, Zinc. 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
Nelson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Quick Seven MineZincPast Producer1870, 1920
Unknown - Zn & PbLead, ZincPast Producer

Every working 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
Cossville2.0 miles17
Medoc2.8 miles22
Galesburg4.5 miles22
Neck City5.5 miles17
Preston6.2 miles17
Purcell6.6 miles17
Alba7.3 miles17
Asbury7.5 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 727828. 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.