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West Quincy, Missouri

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Fabius Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63471. It lies near Poage Island. The Survey maps it on the Quincy West quadrangle.

West Quincy within Marion County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

13 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of West Quincy between 1995 and 2020, burning about 24 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
6 September 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
3 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation230747-06438-09032020-1320
14 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation230744-06438-08142020-1215
8 June 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177555-06438-06082018-1519
1 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177554-06438-06012018-1423
8 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179330-05620-04082019-1457
7 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177434-06438-03072018-1341
30 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177441-06438-03302018-1344

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of West Quincy: 8 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Quarry-3 Calcium Carbonate Co.Limestone, DimensionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Black White Lime CompanyStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Calcium Carbonate MillsStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Campbell QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Christner QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Jm QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Menke QuaryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Quarry-2 Calcium Carbonate Co.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Quincy City Public Wks & Bridge DptStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Marion County

Storms near this place

8 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Quincy in 8 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 4 flash flood, 3 flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2013FloodWest Quincy$5,000The Mississippi River rose to major flood levels along the Marion County border. The river crested on April 21st, but remained above flood stage into May. Damage was limited to a few roads closed and agricultural lowlands.
June 2013FloodWest Quincy$2,000The Mississippi River started June in flood and hit major flood levels cresting on the 1st. The river fell the rest of the month but remained in flood into July.
May 2013FloodWest Quincy$1,000The Mississippi continued in flood along the border of Marion County through May. The river started at major flood levels, dropped some in the middle of the month, but then rose again to major levels at the end of May. The flood wall in Hannibal kept the tourist areas nice and dry. Damage was limited to some closed roads and flooded farmland.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindWest Quincy-A spotter estimated 60 mph winds on the west side of Quincy.
June 2020Flash FloodWest Quincy-Up to five inches fell in about a 3 hour period causing flash flooding. Numerous roads were flooded including County Road 195 near North River. Also, County Road 230 bridge over Big Branch Creek was washed out.
July 2017Flash FloodWest Quincy-Up to three inches of rain fell in less than an hour causing flash flooding. County Road 306 near Taylor had 6 to 8 inches of fast flowing water over it.
September 2010Flash FloodWest Quincy-Up to four inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. Numerous roads were flooded including outer roads along U.S. Highway 61 near Taylor.
July 2010Flash FloodWest Quincy-Between 4 and 5 inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. Numerous roads were flooded including Highway D north of Philadelphia and the intersection of Highway 168 and Highway Z, east of Philadelphia.

Every storm recorded in Marion 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
Mark2.9 miles18
Dunsford3.5 miles18
Taylor4.5 miles12
North River6.2 miles18
South River6.5 miles18
Marion City (historical)7.0 miles18
Huiskamp7.6 miles18
Smileyville7.7 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 741350. 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.