Chillicothe, Iowa
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Cass Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52548. It stands on South Avery Creek. The Survey maps it on the Chillicothe quadrangle. 76 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 686 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresChillicothe fell from 211 to 76 between 1870 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1870 | 211 | |
| 2010 | 97 | |
| 2020 | 76 | -21 (-22%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 7 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.
- 1954 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Chillicothe quadrangle1:24000
- 1969 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Oskaloosa quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
4 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Chillicothe between 2009 and 2018, burning about 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 May 2018 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 May 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Chillicothe: 12 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, Dimension, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drill Hole | Zinc | Past Producer | Sphalerite | |
| Can-Tex Industries Ottumwa Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Ottumwa Brick and Tile Co. | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| South Avery Creek Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Hargis Bar | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| W. Ottumwa Sand | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| B and M Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Dudley Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
24 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chillicothe in 24 storm reports between 1998 and 2016: 8 flood, 7 hail, 3 tornado, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2013 | Flash Flood | Chillicothe | $150,000 | Flood damage to the railroad tracks near the 12000 block on Rock Bluff Road due to the South Avery Creek. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chillicothe | $100,000 | Law enforcement report of a roof off of a house and numerous trees down in town. |
| March 2008 | Flash Flood | Chillicothe | $100,000 | At least 3 inches of water was reported in the spotters basement, along with several other homes in Ottumwa neighborhood taking on water in basements. |
| March 2008 | Flash Flood | Chillicothe | $100,000 | Wildwood Road in Ottumwa was closed from high water. Numerous other gravel roads in the county were closed due to water running over them. Some washouts were also reported. |
| June 2010 | Flood | Chillicothe | $100,000 | no account filed |
| October 2014 | Flood | Chillicothe | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Flood | Chillicothe | $50,000 | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Chillicothe | $25,000 | no account filed |
| March 2010 | Flood | Chillicothe | $25,000 | no account filed |
| February 2016 | Flood | Chillicothe | $20,000 | The Des Moines River at Eddyville crested at 61.01 feet on 22 February 2016 at 1830 UTC. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Chillicothe | $20,000 | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chillicothe | $15,000 | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Chillicothe | $15,000 | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Tornado (F1) | Chillicothe | $10,000 | Moved through open country |
| April 2008 | Flood | Chillicothe | $5,000 | The Des Moines River was out of its banks and flowing into nearby fields near the Chillicothe bridge. More water was in the fields toward Ottumwa. |
| September 2005 | Hail | Chillicothe | $2,000 | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chillicothe | $2,000 | no account filed |
| February 2009 | Hail | Chillicothe | - | Hail lasted 5 to 10 minutes and was still on the ground late the following afternoon. |
| April 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Chillicothe | - | Brief touchdown in open area. Tornado moved into county from Monroe County. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Chillicothe | - | no account filed |
| January 2010 | Flood | Chillicothe | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Flood | Chillicothe | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Chillicothe | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Chillicothe | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dudley | 3.3 miles | 7 | |
| Keb (historical) | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Kirkville | 4.4 miles | 7 | |
| Bidwell | 4.6 miles | 7 | |
| Ottumwa Junction | 5.4 miles | 9 | |
| Phillips | 5.9 miles | 9 | |
| Munterville | 5.9 miles | 7 | |
| Rutledge | 6.0 miles | 9 |
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 Chillicothe | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q592317 | 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 455394. 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.





