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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.

Chamois within Osage County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Chamois 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.

YearPeople Change
2010396
2020377-19 (-5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

6 since 2017

Regional 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/undetermined4
Debris and open burning2

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
3 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179234-07617-09032019-1034
11 April 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation190436-07617-04112020-1320
7 March 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresMissouri Department of Conservation190160-07617-03072020-1525
17 February 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
26 December 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation251289-07617-12262020-1720
19 December 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Osage County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 26 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
St. Louis PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Gress PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Mcgraw PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Townley PitsFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer

Every working recorded in Osage County

Storms near this place

14 since 1998

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2023Flash FloodChamois-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 2016Flash FloodChamois-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 2012Flash FloodChamois-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 2006Tornado (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 2006Tornado (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 2006HailChamois-The public reported hail, up to golfball size, covering the ground.
April 2005HailChamois-A storm spotter reported 3/4 inch hail at Highway 100 and Route C.
May 2004HailChamois-Storm spotters reported 1 inch hail.
May 2004HailChamois-County Emergency Management personnel reported hail up to 3 inches fell in Chamois. Most of the hail was smaller.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindChamois-Trees were blown down in and around Chamois blocking several county roads.
June 2023HailChamois-no account filed
September 2005Thunderstorm WindChamois-no account filed
September 2005Thunderstorm WindChamois-no account filed
May 1998HailChamois-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Osage 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
Deer4.0 miles19
Saint Aubert4.9 miles21
Aud7.0 miles21
Isbell (historical)8.5 miles19
Crook8.6 miles19
Luystown8.8 miles19
Mint Hill8.8 miles21
Frankenstein9.2 miles19

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 ChamoisAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q963082The 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.