West Eminence, Missouri
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Eminence Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65466. It stands on Mahans Creek. The Survey maps it on the Eminence quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 22 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.
- 1915 USGS Eminence quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1917 USGS Eminence quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Eminence quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Spring Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
102 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of West Eminence between 1992 and 2017, burning about 2,006 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 59 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 | 59 |
| Debris and open burning | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 July 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 25 June 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ozark National Scenic River | SLIDE |
| 18 June 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 April 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Ozark National Scenic River | EDSMITH |
| 8 April 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 April 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Ozark National Scenic River | HORSE |
| 7 April 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Ozark National Scenic River | WEST |
| 6 April 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of West Eminence: 10 past producers, 3 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Iron, Manganese, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Culpepper Prospect | Manganese | Prospect | ||
| Unknown Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Chilton Bank | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Unknown Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| West Eminence Bank | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Casey Mine | Copper | Occurrence | Chalcocite, Malachite | |
| Casey Mine | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Johnson Shaft | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| McKinney Mine | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Slater Mine | Copper | Past Producer | 1837 |
Storms near this place
2 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Eminence in 2 storm reports between 2003 and 2018: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eminence | 1.1 miles | 22 | |
| Delaware | 3.1 miles | 22 | |
| Alley Spring | 3.7 miles | 22 | |
| Alley | 3.7 miles | 22 | |
| Munsell | 3.8 miles | 22 | |
| House Hollow (historical) | 4.0 miles | 22 | |
| Venice | 4.8 miles | 22 | |
| Buckhart Springs (historical) | 5.9 miles | 22 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 728548. 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.
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.












