Chilton, Missouri

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Kelly Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63965. It lies near Aldrich Valley. The Survey maps it on the Big Spring quadrangle.

Chilton within Carter County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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.

1944 USGS Grandin quadrangle1:62500
1946 USGS Grandin quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
1968 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1983 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

53 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Chilton between 1992 and 2019, burning about 970 acres in total. None started naturally. 21 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
Arson/incendiarism	21
Debris and open burning	18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	9
Recreation and ceremony	4
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
3 August 1997	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
28 July 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Ozark National Scenic River	FREE STORE
19 July 1999	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
4 May 1994	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Ozark National Scenic River	KELLY
15 May 1993	Arson/incendiarism	3.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
15 May 1993	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
15 May 1993	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
15 May 1993	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carter County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Chilton: 7 past producers, 5 prospects, 3 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Manganese. 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
Unknown	Manganese	Past Producer
Unknown	Manganese	Past Producer
Mayes Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Brown Land # 1	Iron	Prospect
Tract # 2	Iron	Occurrence
Tract # 22	Iron	Prospect
Tract # 23	Iron	Prospect

Every working recorded in Carter County

Storms near this place

3 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chilton in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2015: 2 tornado, 1 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
December 2010	Tornado (EF2)	Chilton	$200,000	The tornado touched down near County Road 223, where a tin roof was peeled up on a small outbuilding. A gate and fence were blown about 50 feet. The tornado reached its maximum width and its peak intensity as it crossed County Road 225. This is where a permanent home suffered partial wall and roof loss, a mobile home was blown 15 feet off its foundation, and over one hundred trees were uprooted. The residents of the mobile home took refuge in the laundry room, which was the only room not destroyed. Residents of both homes were provided food and shelter by the Red Cross. A large oak tree fell on a vehicle, causing major damage to the vehicle. Two other vehicles were damaged by debris. A shed and outbuildings were destroyed. A bicycle was blown up into a tree. A twin-pole high voltage transmission tower was partially blown over. The tornado crossed U.S. Highway 60, then struck a sawmill on Highway FF. The 40-by-100 foot sawmill was destroyed. None of the eight workers in the sawmill were injured, possibly because they jumped into a sawdust pit. A home near the sawmill lost part of its roof (less than 20 percent), and dozens of large trees were uprooted. As the tornado crossed County Road 327, a few more trees were blown down. Part of a metal roof from a small barn was blown into a tree. Due to damage to the high-voltage transmission lines, over 1,500 customers from Van Buren to Ellsinore were without power for up to four hours. A National Weather Service damage survey confirmed a convergent signature to the debris pattern. A person in the area reported witnessing the tornado. Peak winds in this tornado were estimated near 120 mph.
December 2015	Tornado (EF1)	Chilton	$90,000	The tornado began near the Current River along Highway Z and then moved northeast. Hundreds of trees were snapped or uprooted within a well-defined path in the Ozark National Scenic Riverways. The tornado passed through the tiny community of Chilton, where an old abandoned schoolhouse was nearly destroyed. A few homes received siding and shingle damage. Near the end of the damage path along Missouri Highway 21 and U.S. Highway 60, there was damage to the metal roofing of an old saw mill. A saw mill employee reported visually witnessing the tornado. Missouri Highway 21 was closed due to debris and power lines across it. The path was mostly through hilly and forested country. Peak winds were estimated near 95 mph.
January 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Chilton	$50,000	A home and a shed was damaged along Highway 21. The roof of one home was blown into the road, and the shed was blown away. A carport was blown into some nearby trees.

Every storm recorded in Carter 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
Hunter	4.8 miles	11
Crites Corner	5.4 miles	11
Chicopee	5.7 miles	13
South Van Buren	6.2 miles	13
Van Buren	6.6 miles	13
Eastwood	6.6 miles	13
Barren (historical)	8.8 miles	15
Grandin	8.9 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 715784. 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.