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Bernheimer, Missouri

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Pinckney Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63357. It stands on Clear Branch. The Survey maps it on the Berger quadrangle.

Bernheimer within Warren County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

12 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Bernheimer between 1992 and 2020, burning about 33 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/undetermined2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism1
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
23 August 2005Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
17 June 2020Equipment and vehicle use13 acresMissouri Department of Conservation220627-10928-06172020-1858
3 April 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
16 April 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 April 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
11 March 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 February 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
17 December 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178060-10928-12172018-1723

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Warren County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Bernheimer: 17 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fire Clay (Refractory), Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Unknown - ClayClayPast Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - SandSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - ClayFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Unknown - ClayFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Unknown - ClayFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Unknown - ClayFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Unknown - ClayFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Wm. Dothage PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer

Every working recorded in Warren County

Storms near this place

3 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bernheimer in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2026: 2 tornado, 1 hail. 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
April 2026Tornado (EF1)Bernheimer-The tornado crossed the Missouri River into Warren County south of Pinckney, and moved north-north east, dissipating along Smith Creek Road. Tree damage was observed along the path, with the worst damage consisting of uprooted trees, resulting in estimated wind speeds of approximately 90 mph.
April 2016Tornado (EF1)Bernheimer-A tornado caused significant tree damage across portions of southwestern Warren County. The tornado touched down on River Ridge Lane and traveled to the east southeast. The most significant damage occurred along Bernheimer Road where up to 100 large trees were snapped and twisted in a convergent pattern to the east-southeast. From there the tornado crossed Highway 94 at least 3 times. Eventually the tornado lifted and dissipated just east of Howard Branch Road, just north of intersection with Smith Green Road. The tornado was rated EF1, with a path length of 5.46 miles and a max path width of 100 yards.
May 2011HailBernheimer-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Warren 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
Pinckney1.4 miles21
Kruegerville (historical)3.2 miles21
Treloar3.9 miles21
Holstein4.5 miles21
Gore4.8 miles21
Aspenhoff5.9 miles21
Hopewell6.2 miles21
Concord Hill6.4 miles21

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 BernheimerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q28091962The 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 740672. 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.