Newtonia, Missouri
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Newtonia Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64866. The Survey maps it on the Newtonia quadrangle. 204 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,204 feet above sea level.
On record in Newtonia
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 3 records
Mathew H. Ritchey Houselisted 1978
Second Battle of Newtonia Sitelisted 2004- First Battle of Newtonia Historic Districtlisted 2004
Population over time
2 figuresNewtonia grew from 199 to 204 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 | 199 | |
| 2020 | 204 | +5 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1943 USGS Ritchey quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Newtonia quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Neosho quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Newtonia between 1994 and 2000, burning about 37 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 | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 24 July 1999 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 February 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 25 December 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 30 November 1994 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 254 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 254 workings within 5 miles of Newtonia: 253 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Lead, Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cadmium Mine | Zinc, Cadmium | Past Producer | ||
| Old Devil Mine | Zinc, Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Zn & Pb & Coal | Zinc, Lead, Coal | Past Producer | ||
| Culpepper Diggings | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Dorris & Cavender Mine | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Dungy Mine | Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Foster Mine | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Shinn Mine | Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Zn | Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Newtonia Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
13 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newtonia in 13 storm reports between 2000 and 2021: 7 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newtonia | $3,000 | no account filed |
| September 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newtonia | - | Several large tree limbs were reported down on Highway 86. |
| July 2020 | Hail | Newtonia | - | Quarter sized hail was reported. |
| April 2017 | Flash Flood | Newtonia | - | Water was over Kentucky Road and Teal Drive. The road was impassable. |
| November 2015 | Flood | Newtonia | - | MODOT reported that Highway 86 was closed between Newtonia and Stark City due to flooding. |
| December 2015 | Flash Flood | Newtonia | - | Missouri Highway 86 was closed due to flooding. |
| May 2013 | Flood | Newtonia | - | Highway 86 was closed due to high water. |
| May 2011 | Flash Flood | Newtonia | - | A UPS driver reported water over Highway 86 and the road was impassable. |
| March 2010 | Flash Flood | Newtonia | - | Highway M was closed due to flooding. |
| April 2006 | Flash Flood | Newtonia | - | A section of Highway 86 near Newtonia was inundated with flash flooding from slow moving thunderstorms. A local fire department had to perform a water rescue in response to a vehicle that had been washed off the road from this swift moving water. |
| June 2004 | Flash Flood | Newtonia | - | A section of Highway 86 between Newtonia and Stark City was closed due to flash flooding over the roadway. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Newtonia | - | no account filed |
| January 2005 | Flash Flood | Newtonia | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stark City | 1.0 miles | 11 | |
| Chester (historical) | 2.5 miles | 11 | |
| Aroma | 4.3 miles | 16 | |
| Wanda | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Ritchey | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Granby | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Cartmell (historical) | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Sweetwater | 5.5 miles | 16 |
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 Newtonia | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q966145 | 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 723346. 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.





