Chesapeake, Missouri
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Turnback Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65712. The Survey maps it on the Chesapeake quadrangle. 48 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,214 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresChesapeake fell from 49 to 48 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 | 49 | |
| 2020 | 48 | -1 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 19 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.
- 1886 USGS Greenfield quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1888 USGS Greenfield quadrangle1:125000
- 1919 USGS Halltown quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Chesapeake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
18 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Chesapeake between 1993 and 2020, burning about 56 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 220652-05533-09032020-1635 |
| 17 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177220-05533-07062018-0031 |
| 17 July 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 10 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178499-05533-04102019-1047 |
| 10 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178501-05533-04102019-1537 |
| 22 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176917-05533-03222018-1556 |
| 17 March 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 25 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Chesapeake: 21 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Lead, Zinc, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Lead & Zinc | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Zinc | Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead & Zinc | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead & Zinc | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Griesemer Quarry No.3 & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
14 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chesapeake in 14 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 8 hail, 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chesapeake | $25,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts ripped off shingles of homes in Chesapeake. |
| April 2002 | Hail | Chesapeake | $25,000 | no account filed |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chesapeake | $5,000 | Several power poles and power lines were down on Highway M. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chesapeake | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds did some minor damage to homes and uprooted trees. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chesapeake | - | A large tree was downed on County Road 1217 just north of Highway 174. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Chesapeake | - | Hail to the size of golf balls was reported in a rural portion of the county. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chesapeake | - | Two uprooted trees and wind gusts estimated to 60 mph were reported. Report received via social media pictures. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chesapeake | - | Multiple large trees were reported down in a residential yard via social media picture. |
| September 2014 | Hail | Chesapeake | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Chesapeake | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Chesapeake | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Chesapeake | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Chesapeake | - | no account filed |
| November 1998 | Hail | Chesapeake | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spencer | 4.8 miles | 18 | |
| McKinley | 4.8 miles | 19 | |
| Orange | 5.3 miles | 19 | |
| Paris Springs | 5.3 miles | 18 | |
| Halltown | 6.1 miles | 18 | |
| Elliott | 6.2 miles | 19 | |
| Mount Vernon | 7.3 miles | 17 | |
| Call | 7.7 miles | 17 |
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 Chesapeake | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3471957 | 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 715770. 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.







