Freeburg, Missouri
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65035. The Survey maps it on the Freeburg quadrangle. 409 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 902 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresFreeburg fell from 437 to 409 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 | 437 | |
| 2020 | 409 | -28 (-6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1934 USGS Linn quadrangle1:48000
- 1942 USGS Linn quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Linn quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Freeburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sullivan quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Freeburg between 1993 and 2014, burning about 70 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 11 April 1993 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 March 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 18 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 18 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 10 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 26 January 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Freeburg: 7 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Freeburg in 10 storm reports between 1994 and 2018: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeburg | $5,000 | Large tree limbs were snapped off and power lines were blown down. |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeburg | $5,000 | Strong winds tore away part of the roof off several barns. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeburg | - | A line of severe thunderstorms moved through Osage County. A metal outbuilding was destroyed in Freeburg. In the Linn area, several trees were either uprooted or snapped off. One large tree fell blocking U.S. Highway 50 west of Linn. One tree in Linn fell onto a house and a nearby barn causing roof damage to both. Also, windows at the Osage Ambulance District building were broken from fallen tree limbs. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeburg | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs onto County Road 636. |
| May 2009 | Flash Flood | Freeburg | - | Between 2 and 3 inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. Highway 89 had two feet of water over it about 4 miles north of Belle. |
| April 1998 | Hail | Freeburg | - | 3/4 inch hail fell for about 10 minutes in Freeburg. |
| March 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeburg | - | Wind gusts from a line of thunderstorms blew the camper off a pickup truck. A truck trailer was also damaged. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Freeburg | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Freeburg | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Freeburg | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gascondy | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Daggetts Ford (historical) | 4.0 miles | 17 | |
| Argyle | 5.5 miles | 17 | |
| Rich Fountain | 6.0 miles | 17 | |
| Koeltztown | 6.4 miles | 17 | |
| Koenig | 8.7 miles | 17 | |
| Westphalia | 9.7 miles | 17 | |
| Judge | 10.5 miles | 17 |
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 Freeburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2152976 | 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 729312. 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.









