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Tuscumbia, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Equality Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65082. It stands on Shutin Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tuscumbia quadrangle. 188 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 577 feet above sea level.

Tuscumbia within Miller County

Population over time

2 figures

Tuscumbia fell from 203 to 188 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010203
2020188-15 (-7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

28 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Tuscumbia between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,320 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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
Debris and open burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Arson/incendiarism4
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
16 September 1994Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 August 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation251157-06637-08012020-0441
7 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation251155-06637-04072020-2028
5 April 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 April 1994Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
14 April 1992Arson/incendiarism29 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 March 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
30 March 2014Debris and open burning8.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Miller County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Tuscumbia: 17 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Barium-Barite, Lead. 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
Grass Roots DiggingsLead, ZincPast Producer
Osage Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown-Lead & ZincLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown-LeadLeadPast Producer
Beach MinesBarium-BaritePast Producer
Lionel Libbert MineBarium-BaritePast Producer
Peter MineBarium-BaritePast Producer
Unknown-BaBarium-BaritePast Producer
Unknown-LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown-LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Miller County

Storms near this place

49 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tuscumbia in 49 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 20 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 13 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud. The reports record 2 deaths. 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
May 1997Flash FloodTuscumbia2 killedno account filed
August 2013Flash FloodTuscumbia$2,000,000This storm report will include the total estimated damage for the flooding event. Several homes around Tuscumbia were flooded and some residents were rescued from high water. Several low water crossings and roadways were damaged due to the water.
April 1994Thunderstorm WindTuscumbia$50,000Strong winds shattered several windows on the upper level of the Miller County Courthouse. Wind rushed into a broken window in one of the offices and scattered ceiling tiles and a few books onto the floor. Strong winds also downed numerous trees and damaged the roofs on several barns.
July 2010HailTuscumbia$25,000Numerous windows were broken out of vehicles and homes along Highway 52. Several roofs were also damaged with holes noted in siding.
April 1998HailTuscumbia$25,000Hail covered the ground in north side of the city and along Highway 52 just north of Tuscumbia. Cars were dented by the large hail and minor roof damage was reported.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindTuscumbia$10,000A picture from Facebook showed a tree on a house.
May 1996Flash FloodTuscumbia$5,000no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindTuscumbia$3,000no account filed
September 1996HailTuscumbia$3,000no account filed
October 2010Thunderstorm WindTuscumbia$2,000A few trees were reported down across roads at various locations in the towns of Tuscumbia and Eldon.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindTuscumbia$1,000The fire department measured 60 mph wind gusts and reported several small branches down.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindTuscumbia$1,000A roof was blown off a barn.
August 2012Dust DevilTuscumbia$1,000Emergency manager reported minor damage occurred at a chicken farm off Highway 52 about 3 miles west of Tuscumbia. Sheet metal was peeled and blown off a chicken house. No gradient winds were observed at surrounding ASOS or AWOS stations. This may have been caused by a localized dust devil with winds estimated up to 50 mph.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindTuscumbia$1,000A large tree limb was blown down on a power line.
May 2019HailTuscumbia-Nickle sized hail was reported.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindTuscumbia-Multiple trees were blown down around Tuscumbia.
August 2018Heavy RainTuscumbia-Rainfall totaling 2.24 inches fell in 6 hours.
May 2016Flash FloodTuscumbia-A section of Highway F near the intersection of Highway 17 was impassable due to excessive rainfall.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindTuscumbia-Scattered trees were reported down across portions of the county.
April 2012Flash FloodTuscumbia-Law enforcement reported several low water crossings impassable due to high water.
May 2011Flash FloodTuscumbia-Numerous low water crossings were flooded.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindTuscumbia-The wind gust was reported by the Miller County 911 center.
June 2011Flash FloodTuscumbia-A low water crossing on Brown Road, near Woods Road, was flooded and impassable.
July 2010Flash FloodTuscumbia-Numerous low water crossings were flooded.
October 2009Flash FloodTuscumbia-Several low water crossings were flooded across the county.
May 2008Flash FloodTuscumbia-Excessive rainfall caused several low water crossings to become impassable to motorists across much of central and southwest sections of the county.
March 2008HailTuscumbia-Quarter size hail fell for 10 minutes.
July 2008Flash FloodTuscumbia-Numerous county roads became flooded near the Tuscumbia area. More specifically, sections of Popular, Catfish, and Allen roads were impassable to motorists.
April 2007Flash FloodTuscumbia-Heavy rain caused several low water crossings across Miller County to become impassable. One car was washed off of Mill Creek Road.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindTuscumbia-Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed large trees on power lines.
July 2016HailTuscumbia-no account filed
March 2012HailTuscumbia-no account filed
March 2012HailTuscumbia-no account filed
July 2010HailTuscumbia-no account filed
June 2008Funnel CloudTuscumbia-no account filed
April 2006Thunderstorm WindTuscumbia-no account filed
January 2005HailTuscumbia-no account filed
May 2003HailTuscumbia-no account filed
May 2003HailTuscumbia-no account filed
July 2003HailTuscumbia-no account filed
May 2002Flash FloodTuscumbia-no account filed
April 2001HailTuscumbia-no account filed
September 2001Thunderstorm WindTuscumbia-no account filed
August 2001HailTuscumbia-no account filed
October 2001HailTuscumbia-no account filed
January 1999HailTuscumbia-no account filed
June 1998HailTuscumbia-no account filed
May 1998HailTuscumbia-no account filed
May 1996HailTuscumbia-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Miller 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
Ulman5.6 miles19
Capps7.3 miles19
Marys Home7.4 miles19
Bagnell7.6 miles22
Watkins8.6 miles19
Lakeside8.7 miles22
Lakeview8.8 miles22
Lakeland9.2 miles25

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 TuscumbiaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q956037The 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 727917. 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.