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Old Chilhowee, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Chilhowee Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64733. The Survey maps it on the Chilhowee quadrangle.

Old Chilhowee within Johnson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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.

In the county-history sources

5,184 words on this township

The History of Johnson County, Missouri : Including a Reliable History of the Townships, Cities, and Towns, Together with a Map of the County; a Condensed History of Missouri; the State Constitution; an Abstract of the Most Important Laws; the Physical Features of the County; the Early Settlers and Pioneers; the Political and War History; the Religious and Educational History...statistics and Miscellaneous Matters, Etc., Etc, published 1881; History of Johnson County, Missouri, published 1918 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Chilhowee Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Chilhowee Township - 5,184 words.

Fires near this place

14 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Old Chilhowee between 2003 and 2020, burning about 24 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
Debris and open burning6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
3 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
24 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
13 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
11 August 2003Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
7 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
26 July 2011Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
11 April 2003Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
3 March 2018Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176364-05130-03032018-1427

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Johnson County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Old Chilhowee: 3 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 - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Johnson 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
Chilhowee1.2 miles19
Magnolia4.0 miles18
Denton4.2 miles18
Post Oak5.9 miles19
Cornelia6.4 miles20
Leeton8.4 miles19
Medford8.9 miles14
Bowmansville9.4 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 741116. 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.