BlockWest Bend, Missouri
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1884 and the latest in 1982. It stands in West Looney Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65710. It stands on Asher Creek. The Survey maps it on the Morrisville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 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.
- 1884 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:125000
- 1886 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Morrisville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
47 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of West Bend between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,294 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 18 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 10 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 23 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 772 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | FANCY FENCE |
| 4 April 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 4 April 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 85 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 28 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176809-08407-04282018-1102 |
| 12 April 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of West Bend: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henney Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Wishart Quarry | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morrisville | 2.4 miles | 17 | |
| Graydon Springs | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| Wishart | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Gresham (historical) | 4.0 miles | 17 | |
| Eudora | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| Orleans (historical) | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| Brighton | 6.0 miles | 17 | |
| Cedar Vista | 6.7 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 755612. 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.