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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1958 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Anson quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 1997Regional 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 burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 12 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177060-02309-04122018-1631 |
| 20 November 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 9.1 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 241126-02309-11202020-1525 |
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 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Casey Quarry | Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Story Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
13 since 2002Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Chambersburg | $5,000 | Heavy rains resulted in flash flooding of parts of rural Chambersburg, MO during the afternoon of June 13. A gravel road was washed out. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Chambersburg | - | The time was estimated from radar data. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Chambersburg | - | Report received from mping, with radar estimated times. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Chambersburg | - | Report received from mping, with radar estimated time. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Chambersburg | - | Hail up to half dollar sized covering the ground. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chambersburg | - | A trained spotter reported a snapped 3 to 4 inch tree and relocated several small yard items. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Chambersburg | - | 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 2002 | Flash Flood | Chambersburg | - | County road north of Chambersburg washed out. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Chambersburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Hail | Chambersburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Hail | Chambersburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Chambersburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Chambersburg | - | 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.
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.





