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.
Population over time
2 figuresBranson 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 478 | |
| 2020 | 484 | +6 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 15 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.
- 1907 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1945 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Garber quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Garber quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Table Rock Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Garber quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
50 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 33 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 25 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 June 1998 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 May 1997 | Debris and open burning | 160 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 April 1993 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 April 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 April 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mason Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Reed Springs Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Table Rock Quarry # 2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeview | 0.0 miles | 15 | |
| Marvel Cave | 1.7 miles | 15 | |
| Notch | 2.2 miles | 15 | |
| Stoneridge | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Thelma | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| Reeds Spring | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Bear Den Junction (historical) | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Stutts | 4.9 miles | 12 |
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 West | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q953482 | 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 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.










