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Newburg, Missouri

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Arlington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65550. It lies near Poole Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Newburg quadrangle. 333 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 715 feet above sea level.

Newburg within Phelps County

On record in Newburg

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 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Newburg fell from 470 to 333 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.

YearPeople Change
2010470
2020333-137 (-29%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 surveys from 25 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

111 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Newburg between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,423 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 37 were 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 burning40
Arson/incendiarism37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Recreation and ceremony4
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Smoking3
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
9 August 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178675-08102-08092018-1546
5 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
31 August 1995Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresMark Twain National ForestP HIGHWAY
2 August 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMark Twain National ForestFIREBALL
16 August 1992Debris and open burning15 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
16 August 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
16 August 1992Smoking1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
27 July 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Phelps County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Newburg: 13 past producers, 7 occurrences, 2 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Lead, Zinc, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Unknown - ClayFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Jerome Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnkLead, ZincPast Producer
UnkLead, ZincPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnkLeadPast Producer
UnkLeadPast Producer
Agricultural College LandIronOccurrenceLimonite

Every working recorded in Phelps County

Storms near this place

25 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newburg in 25 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 10 hail, 7 flash flood, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. 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
April 2017Flash FloodNewburg$1,000,000At least 50 homes and business sustained flood damage across the county. Numerous roads and bridges were severely damaged or washed away across the county. This report will contain the total dollar estimate for flood damage to infrastructure, businesses, and homes across McDonald County.
August 2013Flash FloodNewburg$750,000This storm report will include the total estimated damage for the flooding event. The Little Piney Creek rose two feet in one hour and flooded portions of the town of Newburg. Up to two hundred residents in Newburg had to be evacuated. Several businesses and homes were flooded. There were several low water crossings and roadways that had damage due to flood waters.
August 2013Flash FloodNewburg$250,000Several buildings along Front Street and 1st Street in downtown Newburg were flooded. The police chief reported moderate to severe street damage due to rushing water.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindNewburg$20,000Several large tree limbs and power lines were reported down.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindNewburg$10,000Power lines were downed from severe thunderstorm wind gusts near the community of Newburg.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindNewburg$3,000Minor roof damage was reported to a home as high winds blew shingles off the home on County Road 7360 near Newburg.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindNewburg$1,000A power line was blown down on Highway T.
September 1993Thunderstorm WindNewburg$500The Missouri Highway Patrol reported numerous large trees down.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindNewburg-The Doolittle Fire Department reported hundreds of trees down in the Doolittle and Newberg areas.
April 2022HailNewburg-Quarter sized hail was reported via social media.
November 2020FloodNewburg-Newburg Creek flooded a section of Water Street at the low water crossing. The crossing was closed to traffic.
August 2019HailNewburg-Quarter size hail was reported.
April 2013HailNewburg-Newburg Police Department reported mostly penny size hail with a few up the size of half dollars.
August 2013Flash FloodNewburg-A bridge was washed out by the First Baptist Church.
August 2013Flash FloodNewburg-Highway P west of the Highway T intersection had high water and was impassable.
August 2013Flash FloodNewburg-High water was over the roadway at State Highway T.
October 2009Flash FloodNewburg-Numerous streets were flooded and impassable.
May 2016HailNewburg-no account filed
March 2012HailNewburg-no account filed
March 2012HailNewburg-no account filed
May 2011Funnel CloudNewburg-no account filed
April 2004HailNewburg-no account filed
August 2003HailNewburg-no account filed
May 2003HailNewburg-no account filed
October 1996HailNewburg-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Phelps 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
Doolittle2.1 miles25
Arlington3.6 miles25
Westcott (historical)4.0 miles25
Jerome4.1 miles25
Sugartree5.2 miles25
Table Rock6.0 miles25
Powellville6.2 miles20
Clementine6.6 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 NewburgAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q960322The 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 751306. 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.