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Chambersburg, Missouri

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1958 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Jefferson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63445. It stands on Kaylor Branch. The Survey maps it on the Anson quadrangle.

Chambersburg within Clark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

3 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Chambersburg between 1997 and 2020, burning about 21 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 burning2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
26 April 1997Debris and open burning12 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177060-02309-04122018-1631
20 November 2020Arson/incendiarism9.1 acresMissouri Department of Conservation241126-02309-11202020-1525

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Chambersburg: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Flagstone. 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
Casey QuarryLimestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Story QuarryFlagstonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Clark County

Storms near this place

13 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chambersburg in 13 storm reports between 2002 and 2024: 10 hail, 2 flash flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2010Flash FloodChambersburg$5,000Heavy rains resulted in flash flooding of parts of rural Chambersburg, MO during the afternoon of June 13. A gravel road was washed out.
May 2024HailChambersburg-The time was estimated from radar data.
March 2024HailChambersburg-Report received from mping, with radar estimated times.
March 2024HailChambersburg-Report received from mping, with radar estimated time.
March 2024HailChambersburg-Hail up to half dollar sized covering the ground.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindChambersburg-A trained spotter reported a snapped 3 to 4 inch tree and relocated several small yard items.
May 2023HailChambersburg-Pea to half dollar sized hail was reported, with three rounds of storms. This was the time estimated by radar for the half dollar sized hail.
June 2002Flash FloodChambersburg-County road north of Chambersburg washed out.
March 2024HailChambersburg-no account filed
June 2024HailChambersburg-no account filed
June 2021HailChambersburg-no account filed
May 2013HailChambersburg-no account filed
May 2012HailChambersburg-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clark 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
Anson4.1 miles12
Ashton5.4 miles16
Acasto5.4 miles12
Peaksville5.5 miles12
Medill6.3 miles16
Luray6.6 miles15
Athens6.7 miles12
Eldorado6.7 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740733. 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.