New Cambria, Missouri
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Lingo Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63558. The Survey maps it on the New Cambria West quadrangle. 153 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 830 feet above sea level.
On record in New Cambria
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 1 record
- Gardner and Tinsley Filling Stationlisted 2002
Population over time
2 figuresNew Cambria fell from 195 to 153 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 | 195 | |
| 2020 | 153 | -42 (-22%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1950 USGS New Cambria West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Macon quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
10 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of New Cambria between 1999 and 2020, burning about 123 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 | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 1 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190362-05810-04012020-2145 |
| 30 March 2002 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 17 March 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 16 March 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 24 February 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 14 February 2002 | 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
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of New Cambria: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 | ||
| D A Young Matls Co Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown - Sand & Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
22 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Cambria in 22 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 9 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 2 tornado. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1999 | Tornado (F2) | New Cambria | 2 hurt, $1,000,000 | The tornado which formed in Carroll County continued northeast through Chariton County and into Macon County, where the most widespread damage occurred. Continuous damage was observed from 2 miles south of New Cambria, where two workers suffered minor injuries at a mining quarry, to 2 miles west of Atlanta. Within this area, thirteen single family homes and 9 mobile homes were destroyed. Six single family homes and 4 mobile homes suffered major damage, and 33 single family homes and one mobile home suffered minor damage. Eighty-five agricultural outbuildings were destroyed, and 37 sustained damage. Widespread tree and power pole damage occurred. |
| May 2004 | Tornado (F1) | New Cambria | $300,000 | Tornado touchdown just west of New Cambria. Three buildings were destroyed and 50 were damaged. A grain elevator was destroyed, and there was extensive roof damage to the Macon C-4 school. |
| February 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Cambria | $30,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down a chimney and a television antenna. A small grain bin was lifted from its foundation. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Cambria | $3,000 | Windows blown out and power poles bent over. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Cambria | $750 | Carport was reported damaged and multiple trees were blown down. Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph. |
| May 2023 | Hail | New Cambria | - | Baseball sized hail was reported east of New Cambria. |
| May 2019 | Flash Flood | New Cambria | - | HWY 36 was closed due to flooding. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Cambria | - | A COOP observer reported 60 mph winds. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Cambria | - | A 6 to 8 diameter tree was blown down on Badger Street in New Cambria. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Cambria | - | Macon County Dispatched relayed a report of estimated 60 to 70 mph winds. |
| April 2013 | Flash Flood | New Cambria | - | Highway Z is impassable, due to flowing water over the road. |
| May 2009 | Flash Flood | New Cambria | - | A road near Puzzle Creek was covered by high water. |
| June 2004 | Hail | New Cambria | - | Hail up to baseball in size and lasted 5 minutes. |
| August 2004 | Flash Flood | New Cambria | - | Highway 36 closed due to water over the roadway. |
| June 1998 | Hail | New Cambria | - | The Macon Police department reported golfball-size hail during a severe thunderstorm 4 miles south of New Cambria. |
| April 1998 | Hail | New Cambria | - | Golfball-size hail was reported by a spotter in New Cambria during a severe thunderstorm. Hail also covered the ground in part of New Cambria. |
| April 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Cambria | - | Severe thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and power lines and also blew a hog shed into a neighboring field. |
| June 2011 | Hail | New Cambria | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | New Cambria | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | New Cambria | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | New Cambria | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | New Cambria | - | 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.
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 New Cambria | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q954031 | 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 723190. 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.





