White Branch, Missouri
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Fristoe Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65355. It stands on White Branch. The Survey maps it on the Warsaw East quadrangle. 301 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 699 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 23 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.
- 1887 USGS Warsaw quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Warsaw quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1935 USGS Dell quadrangle1:24000
- 1945 USGS Fristoe quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Warsaw East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Warsaw East quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Harry S Truman Reservoir quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
26 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of White Branch between 1992 and 2018, burning about 620 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 April 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 22 April 1993 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 11 April 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 10 April 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 March 1992 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 122650-00805-03052015-1545 |
| 4 March 1994 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 22 March 1994 | 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 White Branch: 11 past producers, 3 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Barium-Barite, Lead, Iron, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackman Mine | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Bailey Gravel Pit + Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Bailey Sand + Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Carpenter Bank | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Richwoods Bank | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Sands Bank | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead-Barite | Barium-Barite, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Unknown - Lead-Barite | Barium-Barite, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Unknown - Lead-Barite | Barium-Barite, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Unknown - S+G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Branch | 0.4 miles | 23 | |
| Cold Springs | 1.5 miles | 23 | |
| Warsaw | 1.6 miles | 23 | |
| Whitakerville | 1.7 miles | 23 | |
| Gabriels Mills | 3.7 miles | 23 | |
| Tackner | 4.0 miles | 23 | |
| Valley View | 4.4 miles | 23 | |
| Dell Junction | 4.6 miles | 23 |
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 White Branch | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7994491 | 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 728708. 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.











