BlockChaffee, Missouri
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Kelso Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63740. It lies near Cox Hill. The Survey maps it on the Chaffee quadrangle. 3,057 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 344 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresChaffee grew from 2,955 to 3,057 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 | 2,955 | |
| 2020 | 3,057 | +102 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 20 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.
- 1934 USGS Morley quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1939 USGS Morley quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Chaffee quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Morley quadrangle1:62500
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Cape Girardeau quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Cape Girardeau quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
3 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Chaffee between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 June 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 230865-01617-06202020-1345 |
| 8 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 12 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.3 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176676-10082-04122018-0119 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Chaffee: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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.
Storms near this place
30 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chaffee in 30 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 13 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 3 heavy rain, 3 flood. 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 2008 | Flood | Chaffee | $675,000 | Northern portions of the county received the most rain and the worst flooding. Main Street and numerous side streets were closed in Scott City. In Scott City, a mudslide forced the closure of Route AB. In Chaffee, 48 residents were evacuated from a nursing home. Much of Chaffee was under water, flooding a car wash and a church. Across the county, at least 38 homes and businesses sustained at least some damage. Sandbagging was done around a house threatened by floodwaters on Route EE. Water spilled over the top of a levee on Caney Creek, flooding farmland. One bridge was damaged beyond repair. Another bridge approach was washed out. At least a dozen mudslides were cleared from roads. Numerous culverts were washed out. |
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chaffee | $100,000 | This powerful microburst began in a field northwest of Chaffee, where a large storage barn was destroyed. Just to the east of the field, the microburst caused 48 cars of a 112-car train to derail. The train was carrying stacked semi shipping containers containing auto parts. About 800 feet of railroad track was destroyed. The damage path width was only about 500 feet. The damage path length was about 1.6 miles. Peak winds were estimated near 120 mph. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chaffee | $100,000 | Damage was especially severe on the north end of Chaffee, where numerous large trees were uprooted. Two of the trees landed on houses and a vehicle. A utility pole was downed on Highway 77, and another pole was downed on a side street. A couple of streets were blocked by fallen trees. |
| February 2007 | Hail | Chaffee | $100,000 | Very large hail to about the size of baseballs pounded northern Scott County. In Scott City, at least several vehicle windows were smashed. At a car dealership on the south side of Scott City, about eight of 50 vehicles were damaged. At least one house roof was damaged. Some roads were covered in hail, and a tractor-trailer jack-knifed on Interstate 55 just north of the Scott City exit. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chaffee | $75,000 | Across the county, trees and power lines were down. Some of the trees were across roads. In the city of Chaffee, roofs were damaged and trees were down. Power outages were reported. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chaffee | $40,000 | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chaffee | $30,000 | There were uprooted trees and downed power lines in town. |
| August 2006 | Lightning | Chaffee | $30,000 | Lightning struck a storage building, sparking a fire that destroyed the contents of three storage units. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chaffee | $25,000 | Widespread damaging winds were reported across northern Scott County. The Cape Girardeau airport automated weather observing system measured a peak gust of 73 mph. Large trees were down at Scott City. Large trees were down at Chaffee, where wind gusts were estimated from 60 to 70 mph. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chaffee | $25,000 | An older barn collapsed. The roof of a newer barn partially collapsed. Tree limbs were blown down. Minor damage occurred to two houses, one of which was under construction. The damage was located on Highway 77 near the Cape Girardeau County line. |
| February 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chaffee | $20,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew a roof off a house. Ninety percent of the roof was destroyed. Debris from the roof damaged another house nearby. In the same area, power lines were down. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chaffee | $12,000 | About a dozen trees were snapped and uprooted from Chaffee to New Hamburg. |
| March 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chaffee | $10,000 | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chaffee | $3,000 | Roof shingles were blown off. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chaffee | $2,000 | A few trees were down. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chaffee | $1,000 | Power lines were down. |
| May 2024 | Flood | Chaffee | - | Several roads were closed into the overnight hours as standing water lingered following evening rainfall. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Chaffee | - | Winds were estimated at 30 to 40 mph. |
| May 2014 | Heavy Rain | Chaffee | - | Some flooding of poor drainage areas was reported. |
| May 2014 | Funnel Cloud | Chaffee | - | A funnel cloud was reported along the Scott/Cape Girardeau County line. |
| January 2013 | Flood | Chaffee | - | Flooding of Caney Creek resulted in the closure of Route A. |
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Chaffee | - | A trained spotter witnessed a brief tornado touchdown. No significant damage was noted. Peak winds were estimated near 65 mph. |
| April 2011 | Heavy Rain | Chaffee | - | Low-lying streets were flooded. Several ditches were overflowing. |
| April 1994 | Hail | Chaffee | - | Several homes in Sikeston were damaged including broken windows and downed trees. Reported by county officials and a local newspaper. |
| April 2011 | Funnel Cloud | Chaffee | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Chaffee | - | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Hail | Chaffee | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Chaffee | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Heavy Rain | Chaffee | - | no account filed |
| January 2002 | Hail | Chaffee | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rockview | 1.7 miles | 20 | |
| Kagel | 2.1 miles | 20 | |
| Caney Creek | 3.9 miles | 20 | |
| Kenton (historical) | 4.7 miles | 20 | |
| New Hamburg | 4.9 miles | 21 | |
| Kelso | 5.6 miles | 21 | |
| Oran | 6.6 miles | 19 | |
| Scott City | 7.4 miles | 21 |
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 Chaffee | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q958408 | 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 739982. 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.