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Westfield, Missouri

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Miller Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65764. It lies near Adams Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Leadmine quadrangle.

Westfield within Dallas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

150 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 150 fires within 5 miles of Westfield between 1992 and 2020, burning about 16,456 acres in total. None started naturally. 86 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/incendiarism86
Debris and open burning46
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Recreation and ceremony4

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
14 September 1999Debris and open burning70 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 September 2000Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 September 1999Arson/incendiarism40 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
27 August 2000Debris and open burning58 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 August 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 August 1999Arson/incendiarism580 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 August 1999Debris and open burning943 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
30 July 1999Arson/incendiarism20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dallas County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Westfield: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead. 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
Hatfield DiggingsLeadPast Producer
Hildebrand DiggingsLeadPast Producer
Rambo MineLeadPast Producer
Tunas ShaftLeadPast Producer
UnknownLeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dallas 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
Leadmine1.7 miles16
Herrick Ford2.7 miles16
Tunas3.5 miles17
Celt3.5 miles16
Miller Ford (historical)4.2 miles16
Berry Ford (historical)4.5 miles16
Turner Ford (historical)4.9 miles16
Ralphwhite Ford (historical)5.5 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 738279. 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.