Westover, Missouri
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Courtois Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65565. The Survey maps it on the Huzzah quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 21 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.
- 1943 USGS Berryman quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1945 USGS Berryman quadrangle1:62500, 2 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
- 1966 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Huzzah quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1999 USGS Huzzah quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
39 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Westover between 1992 and 2020, burning about 686 acres in total. None started naturally. 21 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 | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 May 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 April 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.7 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | HOBO TURNOFF |
| 5 April 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | HOBO JUNKYARD |
| 29 April 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 9.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | WESTOVER DUMP |
| 25 April 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | HOBO |
| 24 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 21 April 1996 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | HOBO |
| 15 April 2004 | Debris and open burning | 6.1 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | GIBBS SPRING |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 20 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Westover: 19 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Lead, Lead, Zinc, Barium-Barite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eaton Mine | Lead, Barium-Barite | Past Producer | 1890 | |
| Halbert's Diggings | Iron, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Green's Hill Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Stanford Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Willians Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Green's Hill Mine | Lead | Past Producer | 1858 | |
| Stanford Mine | Lead | Past Producer | Galena | |
| Unknown - Lead | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Cherry Valley No. 1 and 2 | Iron | Past Producer | 1879 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cherry Valley | 3.0 miles | 22 | |
| Patsy | 3.6 miles | 22 | |
| Huzzah | 3.9 miles | 21 | |
| Elaver | 4.2 miles | 22 | |
| Service | 5.5 miles | 21 | |
| Cherryville | 5.5 miles | 19 | |
| Butts | 6.3 miles | 21 | |
| Midland | 6.5 miles | 22 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Westover | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27984750 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 752832. 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.













