BlockWetherhill, Missouri
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Benton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65626. The Survey maps it on the Caulfield 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
10 surveys from 12 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.
- 1944 USGS Cureall quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1946 USGS Cureall quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Caulfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Ava quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
30 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Wetherhill (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 235 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 29 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 28 September 2014 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 16 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 April 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 28 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Wetherhill (historical): 27 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Zinc, Lead, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alice Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Alice Mine | Zinc | Past Producer | 1888, 1890 | |
| Elmer Spencer Prospect | Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| G and G Mine | Zinc | Past Producer | 1893 | |
| Packard | Zinc | Past Producer | 1893 | |
| Rex Mine | Zinc | Past Producer | 1893 | |
| Rox Mine | Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Taylor Mine | Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Verbick Mine | Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| B H + B Mine | Iron | Past Producer |
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 740324. 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.