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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.

Chillicothe within Wapello County

Population over time

3 figures

Chillicothe 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.

YearPeople Change
1870211
201097
202076-21 (-22%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 7 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

4 since 2009

Regional 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/undetermined2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Debris and open burning1

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
11 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 May 2018Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 May 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 March 2018Debris and open burning2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wapello County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Drill HoleZincPast ProducerSphalerite
Can-Tex Industries Ottumwa PitClayProducer
Ottumwa Brick and Tile Co.ClayPast Producer
South Avery Creek QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
UnknownLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Hargis BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
W. Ottumwa SandSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
B and M QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dudley QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Wapello County

Storms near this place

24 since 1998

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2013Flash FloodChillicothe$150,000Flood damage to the railroad tracks near the 12000 block on Rock Bluff Road due to the South Avery Creek.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindChillicothe$100,000Law enforcement report of a roof off of a house and numerous trees down in town.
March 2008Flash FloodChillicothe$100,000At 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 2008Flash FloodChillicothe$100,000Wildwood 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 2010FloodChillicothe$100,000no account filed
October 2014FloodChillicothe$50,000no account filed
June 2010FloodChillicothe$50,000no account filed
May 2014HailChillicothe$25,000no account filed
March 2010FloodChillicothe$25,000no account filed
February 2016FloodChillicothe$20,000The Des Moines River at Eddyville crested at 61.01 feet on 22 February 2016 at 1830 UTC.
May 2002HailChillicothe$20,000no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindChillicothe$15,000no account filed
June 2000HailChillicothe$15,000no account filed
June 2000Tornado (F1)Chillicothe$10,000Moved through open country
April 2008FloodChillicothe$5,000The 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 2005HailChillicothe$2,000no account filed
August 2004Thunderstorm WindChillicothe$2,000no account filed
February 2009HailChillicothe-Hail lasted 5 to 10 minutes and was still on the ground late the following afternoon.
April 2003Tornado (F0)Chillicothe-Brief touchdown in open area. Tornado moved into county from Monroe County.
April 2014HailChillicothe-no account filed
January 2010FloodChillicothe-no account filed
April 2010FloodChillicothe-no account filed
April 2003HailChillicothe-no account filed
May 1998Tornado (F0)Chillicothe-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wapello 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
Dudley3.3 miles7
Keb (historical)3.8 miles9
Kirkville4.4 miles7
Bidwell4.6 miles7
Ottumwa Junction5.4 miles9
Phillips5.9 miles9
Munterville5.9 miles7
Rutledge6.0 miles9

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 ChillicotheAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q592317The 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.