Chapel, Missouri
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Chapel Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65548. The Survey maps it on the Mountain View quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1945 USGS Montier quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Montier quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS West Plains quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Mountain View quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
27 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Chapel between 1992 and 2017, burning about 752 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 23 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 387 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | RENEGAR |
| 11 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.8 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | KODIAK 2 |
| 2 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 14 April 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 135711-04631-04142016-1220 |
| 14 April 1998 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 12 April 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 76 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 March 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Chapel: 8 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Calcium, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Bay Prospect | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Onyx | Calcium | Past Producer | ||
| Fisher-Melton Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1954 | |
| Henry Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Indian Ford Bank | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Lola Farrar Prospect | Iron | Prospect | Surface | |
| Melton Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| St Francis Bank | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Talkington Bank | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Virgil Flower Property | Iron | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain View | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Peace Valley | 5.2 miles | 12 | |
| Trask | 7.3 miles | 12 | |
| Turnerville | 8.0 miles | 19 | |
| White Church | 8.3 miles | 12 | |
| Fanchon | 9.8 miles | 12 | |
| Hutton Valley | 11.2 miles | 14 | |
| Pomona | 13.5 miles | 14 |
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 Chapel | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27985317 | 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 735089. 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.






