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Chestnutridge, Missouri

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1985. It stands in South Galloway Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65630. The Survey maps it on the Spokane quadrangle. It stands 1,325 feet above sea level.

Chestnutridge within Christian County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 12 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

37 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Chestnutridge between 1992 and 2013, burning about 1,150 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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 burning19
Arson/incendiarism9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
13 September 1996Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
30 June 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 May 1997Debris and open burning250 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 May 1997Debris and open burning30 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 May 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
3 April 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 April 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 April 1994Arson/incendiarism14 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Christian County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Chestnutridge: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Walters QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Christian County

Storms near this place

16 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chestnutridge in 16 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 8 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. 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
May 2008Thunderstorm WindChestnutridge$25,000Severe thunderstorm wind gusts destroyed two barns and tore a roof off of a mobile home in the Chestnut Ridge area.
April 1999Thunderstorm WindChestnutridge$10,000no account filed
May 2024HailChestnutridge-Report of quarter size hail.
March 2023Flash FloodChestnutridge-A water rescue was performed at a low water crossing on Bull Creek. No injuries were reported.
March 2023Flash FloodChestnutridge-Water was reported running over Highway 65 from Camp Creek.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindChestnutridge-Large trees were reported down on both Saddlebrooke Drive and Highway A.
April 2022HailChestnutridge-Penny sized hail was reported.
June 2015Heavy RainChestnutridge-Near Saddlebrooke, 7.00 inches of rainfall was reported in the last 24 hours.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindChestnutridge-Severe thunderstorm winds uprooted a large tree near town.
August 2012HailChestnutridge-no account filed
April 2009Thunderstorm WindChestnutridge-no account filed
May 2008HailChestnutridge-no account filed
April 2006HailChestnutridge-no account filed
April 2003HailChestnutridge-no account filed
May 1998HailChestnutridge-no account filed
April 1997HailChestnutridge-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Christian 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
Saddlebrooke1.9 miles15
Eaudevie (historical)2.8 miles15
Spokane3.2 miles12
Green Mound Ridge3.8 miles12
Bengal5.4 miles12
Highlandville6.8 miles12
Pine Ridge7.3 miles13
Lawing (historical)7.4 miles13

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 ChestnutridgeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3471456The 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 740739. 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.