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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.

New Offenburg within Ste. Genevieve County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 18 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

5 since 2014

Regional 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/undetermined5

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
27 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation178140-09533-08082018-1050
21 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178131-09533-04212018-2040
24 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresMissouri Department of Conservation178124-09533-03242018-1600
25 January 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresMissouri Department of Conservation178095-09533-01252018-1135

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ste. Genevieve County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Inkley QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Peter Naeger ProspectIronPast Producer
Pratte DiggingsFeldsparPast Producer
Sainte GenevieveCopper, Silver, Iron, LeadPast Producer1863, 1876, 1916
Unknown - Ls DimensionLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Unknown - ManganeseManganesePast Producer
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - Stone Misc DimStone, DimensionPast Producer
Ste. Genevieve Mines (Cornwall, Chicago, Swansea, Crow, Herzog)Copper, LeadPast Producer1863, 1876
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Ste. Genevieve County

Storms near this place

5 since 2004

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2024Thunderstorm WindNew Offenburg$40,000A 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 2025Thunderstorm WindNew Offenburg-Thunderstorm winds knocked a tree down over the road at Missouri Route O and Highway 32.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindNew Offenburg-Amateur radio spotters reported some trees down northwest of New Offenburg.
August 2008HailNew Offenburg-no account filed
October 2004HailNew Offenburg-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ste. Genevieve 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
Weingarten1.7 miles18
Lake Forest Estates2.6 miles18
Rocky Ridge Ranch2.6 miles18
Copper Mine2.7 miles18
Zell4.2 miles18
Millers5.1 miles18
River aux Vases5.1 miles19
Marlo5.3 miles19

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 OffenburgAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3472541The 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.