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Branson West, Missouri

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Ruth C Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65737. It lies near Indian Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Garber quadrangle. 484 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,368 feet above sea level.

Branson West within Stone County

Population over time

2 figures

Branson West grew from 478 to 484 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
2010478
2020484+6 (+1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 15 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

50 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Branson West between 1992 and 2020, burning about 744 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 burning33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1

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
12 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
25 August 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 June 1998Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 May 1997Debris and open burning160 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 1993Debris and open burning7.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 1993Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 1993Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 April 2001Debris and open burning40 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stone County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Branson West: 4 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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
Mason QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Reed Springs Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Table Rock Quarry # 2Stone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Stone 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
Lakeview0.0 miles15
Marvel Cave1.7 miles15
Notch2.2 miles15
Stoneridge3.1 miles14
Thelma3.1 miles15
Reeds Spring3.7 miles14
Bear Den Junction (historical)4.2 miles12
Stutts4.9 miles12

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 Branson WestAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q953482The 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 1669588. 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.