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.
Population over time
2 figuresZalma 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 122 | |
| 2020 | 73 | -49 (-40%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 20 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1935 USGS Zalma quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1939 USGS Zalma quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Zalma quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Piedmont quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
7 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 10 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 23 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177013-00902-04232018-0200 |
| 13 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 18 March 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 November 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elledge Clay Pit | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bollinger Land | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Howell Land | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Lemon Land | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Revelle Bank | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Shell Bank | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
27 since 1994Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2014 | Tornado (EF1) | Zalma | $250,000 | The 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 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zalma | $50,000 | Trees 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 2006 | Hail | Zalma | $50,000 | A 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 1994 | Hail | Zalma | $50,000 | Windshields were broken out of several cars. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zalma | $30,000 | Extensive 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 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zalma | $20,000 | An old trailer was blown across County Road 640 near the Stoddard County line. Tin roofing was blown around. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zalma | $10,000 | Trees were reported down by an emergency management official. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zalma | $6,000 | Trees were snapped and uprooted. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zalma | $5,000 | Several trees were blown down by wind gusts estimated around 60 mph. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zalma | $5,000 | Tree limbs were blown down onto power lines. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zalma | $2,000 | Trees were blown down on Highway 51 near Zalma. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zalma | $1,000 | A large tree was down on a garage. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zalma | $1,000 | A large tree blocked Highway Y. The tree was cleared by a Missouri state road crew. |
| March 2020 | Hail | Zalma | - | Pea to dime-size hail covered the ground. |
| August 2012 | Hail | Zalma | - | Hail from half-dollar to golf-ball size was reported several miles west of Zalma. |
| April 2002 | Hail | Zalma | - | Nickel size hail covered the ground near the Stoddard County line. |
| April 2000 | Hail | Zalma | - | 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 1998 | Flood | Zalma | - | Heavy rains over a 3 to 4 hour period produced 2 inches of rain on average. Some county roads were blocked by water. |
| August 1997 | Flood | Zalma | - | 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 2015 | Funnel Cloud | Zalma | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Zalma | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Zalma | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Zalma | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Zalma | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Heavy Rain | Zalma | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Zalma | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Zalma | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arab | 3.5 miles | 19 | |
| Greenbrier | 3.6 miles | 19 | |
| Sank | 3.8 miles | 20 | |
| Hahn | 4.2 miles | 20 | |
| Schlatitz | 5.0 miles | 18 | |
| Gipsy | 5.5 miles | 20 | |
| Dongola | 6.4 miles | 18 | |
| Sturdivant | 7.4 miles | 19 |
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 Zalma | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2061035 | The 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.












