BlockOld Westport Landing, Missouri
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Hurricane Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63343. It stands on Kickapoo Chute. The Survey maps it on the Hamburg quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1930 USGS Hardin quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1934 USGS Hardin quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1938 USGS Hardin quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Hamburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Jerseyville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Hamburg quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
450 words on this townshipHistory of Lincoln County, Missouri, from the Earliest Time to the Present, published 1888 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Hurricane Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Hurricane Township - 450 words.
Fires near this place
3 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Old Westport Landing between 1996 and 2015, burning about 31 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 | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 122150-02379-04132015-1100 |
| 7 March 1997 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 October 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Old Westport Landing: 2 past producers, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Quarries | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Ray & Briscoe / Quarry & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elsberry | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| Dameron | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Apex | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Sterling Landing | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Oasis | 6.4 miles | 15 | |
| Kings Lake | 7.4 miles | 15 | |
| New Hope | 7.4 miles | 12 | |
| Burr Oak (historical) | 8.2 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.
| Wikidata item Q122564887 | 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 741117. 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.