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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.

Chain-O-Lakes within Barry County

Population over time

2 figures

Chain-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.

YearPeople Change
2010126
2020106-20 (-16%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 15 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

61 since 1992

Regional 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/incendiarism23
Debris and open burning20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
9 June 1993Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
27 June 1994Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 May 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 1995Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 1993Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 April 2007Arson/incendiarism11 acresMark Twain National ForestDODGE HOLLOW ATV
8 April 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 April 1995Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Barry County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown - Iron-Lead-ZincIron, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - Lead-ZincLead, ZincProspect
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Beydler QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
W H Sperry QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Barry 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
Eagle Rock1.8 miles13
Oakhill2.4 miles15
Mano3.3 miles15
Golden3.8 miles15
Emerald Beach4.0 miles15
Arrow Point5.6 miles15
Shell Knob8.3 miles16
Lohmer9.1 miles16

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-LakesAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2709303The 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.