Westcott, Missouri
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Miller Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65401. It lies near Yates Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Newburg quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
17 surveys from 25 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.
- 1912 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Newburg quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1951 USGS Newburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 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
- 1966 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Newburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Newburg quadrangle1:24000
- 2004 USGS Newburg quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
63 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Westcott (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 461 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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 | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 16 August 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 16 August 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 16 August 1992 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 16 August 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 200505-08102-04082020-2130 |
| 8 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | 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 Westcott (historical): 6 past producers, 5 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unk | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Farney Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Agricultural College Land | Iron | Occurrence | Limonite | |
| Gottscall | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Ozark Branch Bank | Iron | Occurrence | Limonite | |
| Strahan Land | Iron | Occurrence | Limonite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doolittle | 2.4 miles | 25 | |
| Sugartree | 3.8 miles | 25 | |
| Newburg | 4.0 miles | 25 | |
| Table Rock | 5.2 miles | 25 | |
| Arlington | 5.2 miles | 25 | |
| Jerome | 5.3 miles | 25 | |
| Signal (historical) | 6.0 miles | 17 | |
| Rolla | 6.9 miles | 28 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740043. 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.
















