BlockKansas Settlement, Arizona
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Willcox census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85643. The Survey maps it on the Sulphur Spring quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1922 USGS Willcox quadrangle1:125000
- 1943 USGS Cochise quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Cochise quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Sulphur Spring quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Willcox quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Sulphur Spring quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
25 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Kansas Settlement between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,058 acres in total. 4 started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 21 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sunsites-Pearce Fire District | NOT NAMED |
| 17 August 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 7 July 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 26 June 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | PLAYA |
| 21 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Southeast District | KANSAS |
| 17 June 1996 | Debris and open burning | 130 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 11 June 2009 | Debris and open burning | 29 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | MUSEUM |
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Kansas Settlement: 11 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Geothermal. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cochise | 9.1 miles | 17 | |
| Dos Cabezas | 11.0 miles | 17 | |
| Manzoro | 11.1 miles | 17 | |
| Pearce | 11.5 miles | 18 | |
| Willcox | 13.5 miles | 18 | |
| Sunizona | 13.9 miles | 19 | |
| Arizona Sun Sites | 14.6 miles | 18 | |
| Dragoon | 14.8 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24476. 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.