Chalk Level, Missouri
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Center Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64776. The Survey maps it on the Monegaw Springs quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 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.
- 1887 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1938 USGS Monegaw Springs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1940 USGS Monegaw Springs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Harry S Truman Reservoir quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Monegaw Springs quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
31 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Chalk Level between 1992 and 2014, burning about 4,521 acres in total. None started naturally. 13 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 | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 July 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 390 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 106 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | LICHEN GLADE |
| 6 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,017 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | 143 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 April 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 162 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | GREATHOUSE |
| 4 April 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Chalk Level: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chalk Level in 5 storm reports between 2015 and 2024: 2 flash flood, 1 tornado, 1 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chalk Level | $2,500 | Report of two power poles down. |
| July 2020 | Flash Flood | Chalk Level | - | Several Roads and low water crossing were flooded and impassable between Lowery City and Osceola due to heavy rain and flood waters. These included Highway D and 175th Road South of Highway B. |
| February 2019 | Hail | Chalk Level | - | Facebook photos showed quarter size hail west of Lowry City. |
| June 2018 | Tornado (EF1) | Chalk Level | - | A National Weather Service storm survey revealed that an EF-1 tornado touched down 5 miles west of Osceola and tracked east 2.4 miles for around 5 minutes before lifting 3 miles north northwest of Osceola. The maximum path width was 200 yards. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Chalk Level | - | Highway patrol reported water over several county roads. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monegaw Springs | 4.7 miles | 20 | |
| Ohio | 4.8 miles | 17 | |
| Lowry City | 5.4 miles | 20 | |
| Iuka Springs | 5.9 miles | 19 | |
| Osceola | 6.4 miles | 20 | |
| Johnson City | 6.5 miles | 19 | |
| Chloe | 7.5 miles | 20 | |
| Osage Heights | 7.6 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 Chalk Level | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28035671 | 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 755874. 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.










