Chain-O-Lakes, Missouri
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Roaring River Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65641. It stands on Roaring River. The Survey maps it on the Golden quadrangle. 106 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,027 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresChain-O-Lakes fell from 126 to 106 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 | 126 | |
| 2020 | 106 | -20 (-16%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 15 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.
- 1927 USGS Shell Knob quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1945 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Shell Knob quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Golden quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Table Rock Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1999 USGS Golden quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
61 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Chain-O-Lakes between 1992 and 2017, burning about 763 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 23 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 June 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 27 June 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 May 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 April 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 April 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 April 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 11 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | DODGE HOLLOW ATV |
| 8 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 April 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Chain-O-Lakes: 7 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Zinc, Iron, Lead, Zinc. 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 - Iron-Lead-Zinc | Iron, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead-Zinc | Lead, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Beydler Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| W H Sperry Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle Rock | 1.8 miles | 13 | |
| Oakhill | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Mano | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Golden | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Emerald Beach | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Arrow Point | 5.6 miles | 15 | |
| Shell Knob | 8.3 miles | 16 | |
| Lohmer | 9.1 miles | 16 |
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 Chain-O-Lakes | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2709303 | 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 1669592. 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.










