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Calwood, Missouri

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Calwood Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65251. The Survey maps it on the Calwood quadrangle.

Calwood within Callaway County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

13 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Calwood between 1999 and 2020, burning about 253 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 burning5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
3 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177551-01420-06032018-1353
18 June 1999Debris and open burning4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177549-01420-05072018-2054
1 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177548-01420-05012018-0638
12 April 2018Debris and open burning4.3 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177544-01420-04122018-1434
10 April 2019Power generation/transmission/distribution235 acresMissouri Department of Conservation189996-01420-04102019-1838
26 March 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation189932-01420-03262019-1529
24 March 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Callaway County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Calwood: 15 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
New Mcclain QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Cox PitsFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Harrison Pits 5a & 5bFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Houchins PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
John P. Harrison PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
R.S.Lamar PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Unknown - ClayFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer

Every working recorded in Callaway County

Storms near this place

5 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Calwood in 5 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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
October 2007Thunderstorm WindCalwood$500,000A swath of damaging downburst winds extended from Calwood, along Highway Z towards Interstate 70. A grain elevator sustained major damage in Calwood. Also, numerous trees, tree limbs and power lines were blown down along the damage path. The width of the damage area ranged from 50 to 125 yards.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindCalwood-Thunderstorm winds downed multiple tree limbs in the area. Billboards were blown away and an RV was tipped over at the I-70 RV Center. Multiple RVs were damaged.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindCalwood-Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous large tree limbs onto Highway JJ southeast of Kingdom City.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindCalwood-Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree onto Highway Z near Calwood.
August 2000HailCalwood-Storm spotters reported 3/4 inch hail.

Every storm recorded in Callaway 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
McCredie5.0 miles21
Kingdom City5.1 miles21
Callaway5.2 miles21
Toledo5.8 miles21
Bachelor6.6 miles21
Yucatan7.1 miles21
Auxvasse7.1 miles16
Fulton7.2 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 729289. 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.