Germantown, Missouri
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Deepwater Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64770. It stands on Horn Branch. The Survey maps it on the Johnstown quadrangle.
On record in Germantown
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- St. Ludger Catholic Churchlisted 1998 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1887 USGS Butler quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Butler quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Johnstown quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Butler quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
11 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Germantown between 2014 and 2020, burning about 125 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 | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 139871-04226-04072016-1700 |
| 2 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179202-04226-04022019-1155 |
| 16 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 24 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178019-04226-04162018-1900 |
| 31 March 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 15 March 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 122497-04200-03152015-1150 |
| 2 February 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178018-04226-02022018-1600 |
| 2 February 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Germantown: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montrose Quarry #4 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Germantown in 6 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 3 flood, 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2025 | Hail | Germantown | - | Social media report of tennis ball sized hail southeast of Ballard. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Germantown | - | Emergency manager relayed photo of quarter to half dollar sized hail in the unincorporated town of Germantown. |
| May 2019 | Flood | Germantown | - | Route K was closed in both directions near Montrose. |
| July 2017 | Flood | Germantown | - | Route K was closed in both directions. |
| April 2017 | Flood | Germantown | - | Route K was closed at Deepwater Creek due to flooding along the creek. |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Germantown | - | Tree down on Highway K in the Germantown area. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 718417. 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.







