Ozark Iron Furnace Stack

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.

From the record

“Ozark Iron Furnace Stack, also known as the Ozark Iron Works, is a historic iron furnace located near Newburg, Phelps County, Missouri. It was built in 1873, and is a pyramidal shaped furnace stack constructed of hard, compact, fine-drained sandstone blocks on a solid rock foundation.”
Wikipedia article Ozark Iron Furnace Stack, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 9 National Register listings published here for Phelps County · listed in 1970 · category: Structure.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Address. 2 mi. W of Newburg, Newburg, 65550
When was it listed? June 1970
Category. structure
Township. Arlington township
National Register reference number. 70000345 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

92 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of Ozark Iron Furnace Stack between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,246 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 41 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
Arson/incendiarism	41
Debris and open burning	27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7
Railroad operations and maintenance	6
Recreation and ceremony	4
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Natural	2
Smoking	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
4 August 1997	Equipment and vehicle use	12 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
31 August 1995	Arson/incendiarism	3.0 acres	Mark Twain National Forest	P HIGHWAY
2 August 2007	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	Mark Twain National Forest	FIREBALL
16 August 1992	Debris and open burning	15 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
16 August 1992	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
30 July 2017	Arson/incendiarism	2.4 acres	Mark Twain National Forest	WESTERN STAR
27 July 2011	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
2 July 2020	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Mark Twain National Forest	LITTLE BOULDER

Every fire recorded in Phelps County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Ozark Iron Furnace Stack: 9 past producers, 7 occurrences, 3 producers, 2 prospects. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Lead, Zinc, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Jerome Quarry & Mill	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Unk	Lead, Zinc	Past Producer
Unk	Lead, Zinc	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unk	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Unk	Lead	Past Producer
Unk	Lead	Past Producer
Agricultural College Land	Iron	Occurrence	Limonite
Gottscall	Iron	Occurrence

Every working recorded in Phelps County

Storms near this property

25 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newburg, the town this property stands in, 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
April 2017	Flash Flood	Newburg	$1,000,000	At 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 2013	Flash Flood	Newburg	$750,000	This 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 2013	Flash Flood	Newburg	$250,000	Several 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 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Newburg	$20,000	Several large tree limbs and power lines were reported down.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Newburg	$10,000	Power lines were downed from severe thunderstorm wind gusts near the community of Newburg.
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Newburg	$3,000	Minor roof damage was reported to a home as high winds blew shingles off the home on County Road 7360 near Newburg.
May 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Newburg	$1,000	A power line was blown down on Highway T.
September 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Newburg	$500	The Missouri Highway Patrol reported numerous large trees down.
September 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Newburg	-	The Doolittle Fire Department reported hundreds of trees down in the Doolittle and Newberg areas.
April 2022	Hail	Newburg	-	Quarter sized hail was reported via social media.
November 2020	Flood	Newburg	-	Newburg Creek flooded a section of Water Street at the low water crossing. The crossing was closed to traffic.
August 2019	Hail	Newburg	-	Quarter size hail was reported.
April 2013	Hail	Newburg	-	Newburg Police Department reported mostly penny size hail with a few up the size of half dollars.
August 2013	Flash Flood	Newburg	-	A bridge was washed out by the First Baptist Church.
August 2013	Flash Flood	Newburg	-	Highway P west of the Highway T intersection had high water and was impassable.
August 2013	Flash Flood	Newburg	-	High water was over the roadway at State Highway T.
October 2009	Flash Flood	Newburg	-	Numerous streets were flooded and impassable.
May 2016	Hail	Newburg	-	no account filed
March 2012	Hail	Newburg	-	no account filed
March 2012	Hail	Newburg	-	no account filed
May 2011	Funnel Cloud	Newburg	-	no account filed
April 2004	Hail	Newburg	-	no account filed
August 2003	Hail	Newburg	-	no account filed
May 2003	Hail	Newburg	-	no account filed
October 1996	Hail	Newburg	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Phelps County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

2 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph	Property	Distance	Listed
	Community Theater	1.6 miles	2006
	Rolla Ranger Station Historic District	7.9 miles	2003

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 70000345 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Phelps County	All 9 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
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.