Tulip, Missouri

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Union Township. The Survey maps it on the Tulip quadrangle.

Tulip within Monroe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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.

1890 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
1953 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Tulip quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1960 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
1985 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

9 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Tulip between 1994 and 2018, burning about 74 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 burning	7
Smoking	1
Equipment and vehicle use	1

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
25 September 1999	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
1 April 2014	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
30 March 2014	Debris and open burning	30 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
6 February 1994	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
4 February 2017	Smoking	5.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
19 February 2017	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
23 October 1995	Equipment and vehicle use	3.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
29 January 2017	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Middle Grove

Every fire recorded in Monroe 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 Tulip: 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Unknown	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Monroe County

Storms near this place

4 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tulip in 4 storm reports between 2007 and 2013: 2 tornado, 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
April 2013	Tornado (EF1)	Tulip	-	A tornado briefly touchdown in southwest Monroe County a mile north of the intersection of Highways M and C on Highway C. Six power poles were snapped at the base of the pole. Width of the damage in this location was 100 yards and damage was rated EF1. Further northeast...the tornado briefly touched down on County Road 840 just east of intersection with County Road 819. A barn was severely damaged. Debris from the barn was tossed to the east about 100 yards. The tornado continued to travel to the northeast...where it briefly touched down again...just south of Highway AA...just west of intersection with County Road 835. Two machine sheds in this location sustained minor to moderate damage. Also...a large barn sustained significant damage where the south part of the barn was removed. Damage width in this area was 70 yards wide. Damage was rated low end EF1. Further to the east...on Highway AA...just west of intersection with County Road 857...numerous large trees were snapped at the base and showed a convergent damage pattern. Width of damage in this area was over 60 yards wide and the damage was only on the north side of Highway AA. Damage in this location was rated low end EF1. The tornado continued to travel to the northeast and briefly touched down one last time just west of Highway 15...two miles south of Paris, Missouri. Three machine sheds sustained significant damage with debris being thrown 300 to 400 yards to the north northwest. Damage was rated EF1 in this location. Overall the path length was 7.45 miles...with a max damage width of 70 yards. The tornado was rated EF1.
April 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Tulip	-	Structural damage occurred at a farmstead southwest of the corner of Highways M and C. A few large panels from a machine shed were tossed to the east northeast. A few large trees were snapped near the base on the northeast corner of Highways M and C. This damage was caused by straight line winds around 75 mph.
September 2008	Flash Flood	Tulip	-	Up to two inches fell in a short amount of time on already saturated soils causing flash flooding. Numerous roads were flooded including Route D east of Highway 15 and Route A between Routes DD and J.
October 2007	Tornado (EF0)	Tulip	-	The tornado initially touched down at a farmstead near the intersection of Highway 151 and Highway M. A machine shed and several trees were damaged. A corn field to the north was flattened by the tornado as well. The tornado moved northeast causing minor damage to a second machine shed near the intersection of CR 85 and CR 99. It then crossed CR 82 damaging a barn and several more trees. The tornado lifted and dissipated about a quarter of a mile northwest of the intersection of CR 82 and CR 81.

Every storm recorded in Monroe 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Middle Grove	7.0 miles	15
Madison	9.5 miles	15
Holliday	10.6 miles	15
Evansville	10.7 miles	15
Fowkes	10.7 miles	18
Paris	12.6 miles	18
Ash	13.8 miles	10
Strother	15.3 miles	16

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 Tulip	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q27986059	The 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 741329. 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.