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Tunas, Missouri

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1884 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Sherman Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65764. It stands on Tunas Branch. The Survey maps it on the Tunas quadrangle. It stands 919 feet above sea level.

Tunas within Dallas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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.

Fires near this place

82 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Tunas between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,535 acres in total. None started naturally. 41 were 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
Arson/incendiarism41
Debris and open burning38
Recreation and ceremony2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
14 September 1999Debris and open burning70 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 September 2000Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 September 1999Arson/incendiarism40 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 August 2018Debris and open burning5.1 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177377-03015-08052018-1434
27 August 2000Debris and open burning58 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 August 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 August 1999Debris and open burning943 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
30 July 1999Arson/incendiarism20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dallas County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Tunas: 8 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Iron. 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
Day LandIronPast Producer
Nasalrod DiggingsLead, ZincPast Producer
Hatfield DiggingsLeadPast Producer
Henry Booth ShaftLeadPast Producer
Hildebrand DiggingsLeadPast Producer
Rambo MineLeadPast Producer
Smith MinesLeadPast Producer
Tunas ShaftLeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dallas County

Storms near this place

22 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tunas in 22 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 11 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 1 tornado, 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 2008Thunderstorm WindTunas$20,000Downburst winds destroyed a building at the intersection of Highway 73 and Highway D.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindTunas$1,000A trampoline was thrown into a tree and destroyed. This report was from social media. and time was estimated by radar.
April 2023HailTunas-Ping pong ball sized hail was reported.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindTunas-Severe thunderstorm wind gusts knocked down a large tree across Highway 73 approximately one mile south of Tunas.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindTunas-Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed a few trees in the Tunas area.
August 2008Flash FloodTunas-A section of County Road 73-32 was flooded and impassable to motorists. This flooded section of roadway is located near a tributary of Thomas Creek.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindTunas-Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed a small tree on Griffith Road.
September 2003Thunderstorm WindTunas-Several large tree limbs were downed from severe thunderstorm wind gusts.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindTunas-Thunderstorms produced nickel size-hail at Buffalo and then later downed limbs to the east of Tunas.
May 2010HailTunas-no account filed
March 2008HailTunas-no account filed
March 2008HailTunas-no account filed
May 2006Thunderstorm WindTunas-no account filed
May 2004HailTunas-no account filed
May 2004HailTunas-no account filed
May 2003Tornado (F0)Tunas-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindTunas-no account filed
August 2003HailTunas-no account filed
August 1999Thunderstorm WindTunas-no account filed
April 1998HailTunas-no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindTunas-no account filed
April 1996HailTunas-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dallas 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
Westfield3.5 miles16
Leadmine3.6 miles16
Elixer5.6 miles17
Herrick Ford6.1 miles16
Celt6.9 miles16
Wood Hill7.3 miles17
Urbana7.4 miles19
Plad7.5 miles14

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 TunasAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3469261The 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 727830. 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.