Chamois, Missouri
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 2000. It stands in Benton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65024. It stands on Dooling Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mokane East quadrangle. 377 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 538 feet above sea level.
On record in Chamois
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 2 records
- Chamois Public Schoollisted 2003
- Alvah WAshington Townley Farmstead Historic Districtlisted 1999
Population over time
2 figuresChamois fell from 396 to 377 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 | 396 | |
| 2020 | 377 | -19 (-5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 21 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.
- 1890 USGS Chamois quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1890 USGS Fulton quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1945 USGS Mokane quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Mokane East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Fulton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2000 USGS Mokane East quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
6 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Chamois between 2017 and 2020, burning about 27 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179234-07617-09032019-1034 |
| 11 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190436-07617-04112020-1320 |
| 7 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190160-07617-03072020-1525 |
| 17 February 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 26 December 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 251289-07617-12262020-1720 |
| 19 December 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 26 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Chamois: 25 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | 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 | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Gress Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Mcgraw Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Townley Pits | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
14 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chamois in 14 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 6 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2023 | Flash Flood | Chamois | - | Up to 8 inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding across the northeastern portions of Osage County. Numerous roads were flooded. U.S. Highway 50 just southeast of Linn was flooded. Deer creek rose well above it's banks flooding County Roads 323 and 321 four miles southwest of Chamois. Also, Highway 100 was flooded in a section from 1 mile west of Chamois to 2 miles west of Chamois. |
| August 2016 | Flash Flood | Chamois | - | Up to two inches of rain fell onto already saturated soils causing flash flooding. Several roads were flooded including Highway 100 between Chamois and Morrison. |
| March 2012 | Flash Flood | Chamois | - | Up to three inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. Numerous secondary roads were flooded and several creeks were out of their banks. |
| March 2006 | Tornado (F1) | Chamois | - | The tornado that formed in southern Callaway County crossed the Missouri River and moved into northern Osage County to the Chamois area at about 11:40 pm CST. Tree damage was found near Main and West Tennessee Street. The tornado traveled northeast where it damaged the roofs of two barns throwing debris approximately 150 yards into an open field. This damage was rated as F1 intensity. Approximately 3 miles northeast of Chamois two sheds were destroyed and another shed and home were damaged. Debris was thrown at least 500 yards into a nearby open field. Numerous trees where damaged just northeast of this location with a damage width of approximately 150 yards wide. This damage was rated as low end F1intensity. The tornado continued northeast crossing the Missouri River again and back into southeast Callaway County. |
| March 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Chamois | - | A small tornado formed in extreme northeast Osage County just south of the Missouri River causing tree damage. The tornado then crossed the river into southeast Callaway County. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Chamois | - | The public reported hail, up to golfball size, covering the ground. |
| April 2005 | Hail | Chamois | - | A storm spotter reported 3/4 inch hail at Highway 100 and Route C. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Chamois | - | Storm spotters reported 1 inch hail. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Chamois | - | County Emergency Management personnel reported hail up to 3 inches fell in Chamois. Most of the hail was smaller. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chamois | - | Trees were blown down in and around Chamois blocking several county roads. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Chamois | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chamois | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chamois | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Chamois | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deer | 4.0 miles | 19 | |
| Saint Aubert | 4.9 miles | 21 | |
| Aud | 7.0 miles | 21 | |
| Isbell (historical) | 8.5 miles | 19 | |
| Crook | 8.6 miles | 19 | |
| Luystown | 8.8 miles | 19 | |
| Mint Hill | 8.8 miles | 21 | |
| Frankenstein | 9.2 miles | 19 |
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 Chamois | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q963082 | 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 715711. 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.










