Callao, Missouri
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Callao Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63534. It stands on Sweezer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bevier North quadrangle. 251 people lived here at the 2020 count.
On record in Callao
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Johnson Morrow Houselisted 1994
Population over time
2 figuresCallao fell from 292 to 251 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 292 | |
| 2020 | 251 | -41 (-14%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1937 USGS Elmer quadrangle1:48000
- 1942 USGS Elmer quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Bevier North quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Macon quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
6 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Callao between 1999 and 2002, burning about 272 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 | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 240 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 April 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 17 February 2002 | Debris and open burning | 13 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 17 February 2002 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 12 February 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 26 October 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Callao: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Sand & Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Callao in 9 storm reports between 2003 and 2019: 3 hail, 3 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Callao | $1,000 | Shed and grain bin damaged. |
| May 2019 | Flash Flood | Callao | - | HWY 36 was closed between Callao and Bevier due to flooding. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Callao | - | A delayed report from Kirksville TV media indicated that some damage occurred to a farmstead just south of Callao. No other severe weather, aside from flooding, was reported from this storm. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Callao | - | The emergency manager measured a 60 mph wind gust near Callao. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Callao | - | Highway 3 to the north of Callao was flooded. |
| June 2005 | Flash Flood | Callao | - | High water on Highway 36. |
| April 2019 | Hail | Callao | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Callao | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Callao | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bevier | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Number Eight | 3.9 miles | 9 | |
| Bloomington | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Kern | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Keota | 4.4 miles | 9 | |
| Hammack | 6.2 miles | 9 | |
| Cash | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Seney | 6.4 miles | 12 |
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 Callao | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q964639 | 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 715203. 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.







