Newark, Missouri
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Fabius Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63458. It stands on Little Fabius River. The Survey maps it on the Newark quadrangle. 54 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 692 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresNewark fell from 94 to 54 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 | 94 | |
| 2020 | 54 | -40 (-43%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1903 USGS Palmyra quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Newark quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
18 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Newark between 1992 and 2020, burning about 451 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 | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 July 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 27 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 18 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 230683-02079-06182020-1405 |
| 14 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 March 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | CENTURY LANE FIRE |
| 5 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 March 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Newark: 5 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Kelly Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Kelly Mine and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Newark Quarry & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Reno Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newark in 11 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2011 | Flash Flood | Newark | - | Up to three inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. Several roads were flooded including Highway 15 about three to four miles north of Ednina. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newark | - | Thunderstorm winds caused moderate damage to a hay shed one mile north of Newark. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Newark | - | Storm spotters reported hail up to nickel size fell for about five minutes south of Newark. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newark | - | Storm spotters reported wind gusts around 60 mph. |
| March 2000 | Hail | Newark | - | Storm spotters reported 1 inch hail in Newark. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Newark | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newark | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Newark | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Newark | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newark | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newark | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plevna | 6.2 miles | 9 | |
| Jeddo | 7.4 miles | 16 | |
| Hedge City | 9.1 miles | 9 | |
| Knox City | 10.6 miles | 9 | |
| Novelty | 12.5 miles | 9 | |
| Forest Springs | 13.4 miles | 16 | |
| Edina | 16.0 miles | 10 | |
| Milltown | 16.1 miles | 10 |
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 Newark | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2131916 | 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 723327. 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.




