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New Hamburg, Missouri

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Moreland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63740. The Survey maps it on the Scott City quadrangle. 218 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 381 feet above sea level.

New Hamburg within Scott County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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

8 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of New Hamburg between 1992 and 2017, burning about 20 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 burning4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1

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
24 September 2017Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 July 1996Debris and open burning10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 July 1996Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 July 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
30 June 1997Smoking1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 April 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 December 2017Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Scott County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of New Hamburg: 16 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Aba PitClayPast Producer
Ceramo Co Inc PlantClayProducer
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Scott County

Storms near this place

5 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Hamburg in 5 storm reports between 2000 and 2012: 2 tornado, 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
October 2004Tornado (F1)New Hamburg$100,000The very short track of this tornado was all in the northeast part of New Hamburg. The tornado touched down about 100 yards east of Highway A. Two homes received major roof damage, along with some structural damage. About 100 yards east of the two homes, a bed-and-breakfast business was destroyed. Another building lost its roof and two walls. A pole barn, a 100-year-old barn, and a wood silo were all destroyed. The barns contained antique farm equipment and a horse-drawn carriage that were destroyed. A dog was killed when the tornado destroyed the shed it was in. Several cars were damaged. Power was out to most or all of the town. A number of trees were topped. Peak winds were estimated near 110 MPH.
June 2012HailNew Hamburg$80,000In New Hamburg, car windows were shattered by hail the size of baseballs. Golf ball size hail occurred near Benton.
October 2004Thunderstorm WindNew Hamburg$75,000Along and north of County Road 234, homes and farm buildings received partial roof and siding damage. A business trailer was overturned. Several utility lines were downed, and numerous trees were uprooted. An assessment by local emergency managers showed about a dozen residences with minor damage and eight with moderate damage. Farm outbuildings were destroyed.
October 2004Tornado (F0)New Hamburg-A trained spotter observed the weak tornado crossing Interstate 55. A few tree limbs were blown down. Due to the lack of damage along the tornado's path, the touchdown and lift-off points were estimated.
January 2000Flash FloodNew Hamburg-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Scott 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
Kenton (historical)0.6 miles20
Benton2.6 miles20
Lambert3.1 miles20
Poor Farm (historical)3.9 miles20
Oran4.4 miles19
Bleda4.5 miles19
Chaffee4.9 miles20
Caney Creek5.0 miles20

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 HamburgAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q16736125The 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 731624. 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.