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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1884 USGS Bolivar quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Bolivar quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tunas quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Bolivar quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
82 since 1992Regional 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/incendiarism | 41 |
| Debris and open burning | 38 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 70 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 1 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 1 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.1 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177377-03015-08052018-1434 |
| 27 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | 58 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 12 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 10 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 943 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 30 July 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day Land | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Nasalrod Diggings | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Hatfield Diggings | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Henry Booth Shaft | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Hildebrand Diggings | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Rambo Mine | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Smith Mines | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Tunas Shaft | Lead | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
22 since 1995Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tunas | $20,000 | Downburst winds destroyed a building at the intersection of Highway 73 and Highway D. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tunas | $1,000 | A trampoline was thrown into a tree and destroyed. This report was from social media. and time was estimated by radar. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Tunas | - | Ping pong ball sized hail was reported. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tunas | - | Severe thunderstorm wind gusts knocked down a large tree across Highway 73 approximately one mile south of Tunas. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tunas | - | Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed a few trees in the Tunas area. |
| August 2008 | Flash Flood | Tunas | - | 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 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tunas | - | Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed a small tree on Griffith Road. |
| September 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tunas | - | Several large tree limbs were downed from severe thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tunas | - | Thunderstorms produced nickel size-hail at Buffalo and then later downed limbs to the east of Tunas. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Tunas | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Tunas | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Tunas | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tunas | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Tunas | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Tunas | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Tunas | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tunas | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Tunas | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tunas | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Tunas | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tunas | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Tunas | - | no account filed |
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.
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 Tunas | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3469261 | 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 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.






