New Offenburg, Missouri
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Ste. Genevieve Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63670. It lies near Lick Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Weingarten quadrangle. It stands 761 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 18 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.
- 1907 USGS Weingarten quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1909 USGS Weingarten quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Weingarten quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Farmington quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Farmington quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
5 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of New Offenburg between 2014 and 2018, burning about 8 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178140-09533-08082018-1050 |
| 21 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178131-09533-04212018-2040 |
| 24 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178124-09533-03242018-1600 |
| 25 January 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178095-09533-01252018-1135 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of New Offenburg: 16 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Lead, Feldspar, Stone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inkley Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Peter Naeger Prospect | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Pratte Diggings | Feldspar | Past Producer | ||
| Sainte Genevieve | Copper, Silver, Iron, Lead | Past Producer | 1863, 1876, 1916 | |
| Unknown - Ls Dimension | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Manganese | Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S+G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Stone Misc Dim | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Ste. Genevieve Mines (Cornwall, Chicago, Swansea, Crow, Herzog) | Copper, Lead | Past Producer | 1863, 1876 | |
| Unknown - Lead | Lead | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Offenburg in 5 storm reports between 2004 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Offenburg | $40,000 | A Facebook user reported a collapsed large park pavilion and included a picture. After analysis, NWS concluded that the pavilion was lacking structural integrity. The thunderstorm winds that felled the structure are estimated to be between 40 and 50 mph. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Offenburg | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked a tree down over the road at Missouri Route O and Highway 32. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Offenburg | - | Amateur radio spotters reported some trees down northwest of New Offenburg. |
| August 2008 | Hail | New Offenburg | - | no account filed |
| October 2004 | Hail | New Offenburg | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weingarten | 1.7 miles | 18 | |
| Lake Forest Estates | 2.6 miles | 18 | |
| Rocky Ridge Ranch | 2.6 miles | 18 | |
| Copper Mine | 2.7 miles | 18 | |
| Zell | 4.2 miles | 18 | |
| Millers | 5.1 miles | 18 | |
| River aux Vases | 5.1 miles | 19 | |
| Marlo | 5.3 miles | 19 |
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 Offenburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3472541 | 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 723288. 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.













