Westview, Missouri
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Buffalo Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64850. The Survey maps it on the Seneca quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1907 USGS Wyandotte quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1909 USGS Wyandotte quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Seneca quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Seneca quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Neosho quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
100 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Westview between 1992 and 2020, burning about 308 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 | 62 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 21 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179423-07334-09092019-1425 |
| 5 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 38 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 21 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 9.2 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 230710-07355-09212020-1311 |
| 2 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 10 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179425-07334-09102019-1155 |
| 10 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 August 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 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 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Westview: 16 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica, Zinc, Lead, Lead, Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Pb | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Seneca Racine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Zn & Pb | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Ruark | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | Underground | |
| Unknown - Zn & Pb | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Zn & Pb | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Tripoli | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Tripoli | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Tripoli | Silica | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Westview in 4 storm reports between 2016 and 2024: 2 hail, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westview | $3,000 | Large limbs and a couple of trees were reported down. A small outbuilding was also blown over. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Westview | - | Half dollar size hail reported. |
| September 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westview | - | Several large limbs were reported down on State Highway CC and Norway Road. |
| August 2016 | Hail | Westview | - | no account filed |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 728657. 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.







