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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.

Westcott within Phelps County

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 surveys from 25 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

63 since 1992

Regional 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 burning32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Arson/incendiarism9
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
18 September 1995Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
16 August 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
16 August 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
16 August 1992Smoking1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
16 August 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation200505-08102-04082020-2130
8 April 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Phelps County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkLeadPast Producer
UnkLeadPast Producer
Farney QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Agricultural College LandIronOccurrenceLimonite
GottscallIronOccurrence
Ozark Branch BankIronOccurrenceLimonite
Strahan LandIronOccurrenceLimonite

Every working recorded in Phelps 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
Doolittle2.4 miles25
Sugartree3.8 miles25
Newburg4.0 miles25
Table Rock5.2 miles25
Arlington5.2 miles25
Jerome5.3 miles25
Signal (historical)6.0 miles17
Rolla6.9 miles28

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.