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Zalma, Missouri

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Wayne Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63787. It stands on Perkins Creek. The Survey maps it on the Zalma quadrangle. 73 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 371 feet above sea level.

Zalma within Bollinger County

Population over time

2 figures

Zalma fell from 122 to 73 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.

YearPeople Change
2010122
202073-49 (-40%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 20 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

7 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Zalma between 1992 and 2018, burning about 48 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 burning3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
12 August 1999Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 May 1992Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
23 April 2018Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177013-00902-04232018-0200
13 April 2001Arson/incendiarism15 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
18 March 1994Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 November 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bollinger County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Zalma: 9 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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
Elledge Clay PitClayProspect
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bollinger LandIronPast Producer
Howell LandIronPast Producer
Lemon LandIronPast Producer
Revelle BankIronPast Producer
Shell BankIronPast Producer
UnknownIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Bollinger County

Storms near this place

27 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Zalma in 27 storm reports between 1994 and 2022: 12 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
October 2014Tornado (EF1)Zalma$250,000The tornado destroyed two small barns and a few small silos. The silos were blown toward the west across a road. A mobile home was shifted off its foundation. At a residence next to the mobile home, the roof of the front porch was blown over the house. A carport collapsed on vehicles. Minor damage occurred to a home, mainly to windows. Numerous trees were snapped and uprooted along the path. One tree landed on a house. A 40-by-60 foot shed was destroyed. Peak winds were estimated near 105 mph.
April 2013Thunderstorm WindZalma$50,000Trees were uprooted, and tree limbs were broken. Homes lost shingles. Barns and sheds were damaged. A large tree was uprooted on Highway 51 about a mile north of Zalma.
April 2006HailZalma$50,000A resident in the southeast part of the county reported hail dented the metal roof on his home. Dozens of residents in southern portions of the county reported hail damage. On Highway 51 near Highway W, the hail was deep enough to plow.
April 1994HailZalma$50,000Windshields were broken out of several cars.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindZalma$30,000Extensive damage occurred within the town limits of Zalma. About two dozen trees were uprooted or snapped. At least one tree landed on a house, and another tree hit a vehicle.
April 2021Thunderstorm WindZalma$20,000An old trailer was blown across County Road 640 near the Stoddard County line. Tin roofing was blown around.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindZalma$10,000Trees were reported down by an emergency management official.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindZalma$6,000Trees were snapped and uprooted.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindZalma$5,000Several trees were blown down by wind gusts estimated around 60 mph.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindZalma$5,000Tree limbs were blown down onto power lines.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindZalma$2,000Trees were blown down on Highway 51 near Zalma.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindZalma$1,000A large tree was down on a garage.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindZalma$1,000A large tree blocked Highway Y. The tree was cleared by a Missouri state road crew.
March 2020HailZalma-Pea to dime-size hail covered the ground.
August 2012HailZalma-Hail from half-dollar to golf-ball size was reported several miles west of Zalma.
April 2002HailZalma-Nickel size hail covered the ground near the Stoddard County line.
April 2000HailZalma-A thunderstorm that became severe over eastern Wayne County moved east and intensified very quickly. Golf ball to baseball size hail fell in the Zalma area.
March 1998FloodZalma-Heavy rains over a 3 to 4 hour period produced 2 inches of rain on average. Some county roads were blocked by water.
August 1997FloodZalma-Slow-moving thunderstorms dumped very heavy rain. An observer at Zalma measured 2.93 inches during the storms. This caused some ponding of water on roads.
July 2015Funnel CloudZalma-no account filed
May 2014HailZalma-no account filed
April 2011HailZalma-no account filed
April 2011HailZalma-no account filed
August 2005HailZalma-no account filed
August 2003Heavy RainZalma-no account filed
April 2002HailZalma-no account filed
June 1997HailZalma-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bollinger 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
Arab3.5 miles19
Greenbrier3.6 miles19
Sank3.8 miles20
Hahn4.2 miles20
Schlatitz5.0 miles18
Gipsy5.5 miles20
Dongola6.4 miles18
Sturdivant7.4 miles19

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 ZalmaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2061035The 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 729220. 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.