Chester, Missouri

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Newtonia Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64866. The Survey maps it on the Stella quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Chester within Newton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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.

1943 USGS Ritchey quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1954 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1963 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000
1972 USGS Stella quadrangle1:24000
1986 USGS Neosho quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

6 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Chester (historical) between 1993 and 2000, burning about 36 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
Debris and open burning	4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1
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
15 September 2000	Equipment and vehicle use	25 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
9 March 1993	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
8 February 1998	Debris and open burning	6.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
7 February 1998	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
25 December 1994	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
30 November 1994	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Newton County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Chester (historical): 9 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Lead, Zinc, Zinc, Zinc, Lead. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Newtonia Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown - Zn & Pb	Zinc, Lead	Past Producer
Dungy Mine	Zinc	Past Producer
Old K.D.F. Mine	Lead, Zinc	Past Producer
Shinn Mine	Zinc	Past Producer
Unknown - Lead-Zinc	Lead, Zinc	Past Producer
Culpepper Diggings	Lead	Past Producer
Dorris & Cavender Mine	Lead	Past Producer
Foster Mine	Lead	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Newton 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Stark City	2.1 miles	11
Newtonia	2.5 miles	11
Fairview	4.1 miles	11
Wanda	4.2 miles	11
Jolly	4.9 miles	11
Newstead (historical)	5.0 miles	11
Cartmell (historical)	5.2 miles	11
Wadell	5.3 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740564. 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.