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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.

Germantown within Henry County

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

11 since 2014

Regional 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 burning5
Equipment and vehicle use2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
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
1 August 2017Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 April 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation139871-04226-04072016-1700
2 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179202-04226-04022019-1155
16 April 2018Debris and open burning24 acresMissouri Department of Conservation178019-04226-04162018-1900
31 March 2014Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
15 March 2015Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation122497-04200-03152015-1150
2 February 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178018-04226-02022018-1600
2 February 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Henry County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Montrose Quarry #4Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Henry County

Storms near this place

6 since 2007

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2025HailGermantown-Social media report of tennis ball sized hail southeast of Ballard.
June 2025HailGermantown-Emergency manager relayed photo of quarter to half dollar sized hail in the unincorporated town of Germantown.
May 2019FloodGermantown-Route K was closed in both directions near Montrose.
July 2017FloodGermantown-Route K was closed in both directions.
April 2017FloodGermantown-Route K was closed at Deepwater Creek due to flooding along the creek.
September 2007Thunderstorm WindGermantown-Tree down on Highway K in the Germantown area.

Every storm recorded in Henry 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
Montrose3.0 miles17
Piper3.7 miles15
New Piper4.7 miles15
Delmar6.1 miles17
La Due7.7 miles17
Lucas8.7 miles14
Hartwell11.0 miles18
Urich11.7 miles14

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.