BlockAdams Corner, Kansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Salt Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67561. The Survey maps it on the Yaggy quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1894 USGS Lyons quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Yaggy quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
15 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Adams Corner between 2015 and 2019, burning about 26 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Reno County | 3144 |
| 22 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Reno County | 3375 |
| 14 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Reno County | 3246 |
| 10 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Reno County | 1700064 |
| 9 June 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 2170 |
| 9 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2172 |
| 6 June 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1916 |
| 20 June 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Reno County | 1700051 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charters Corner | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Yaggy | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| Whiteside | 5.2 miles | 16 | |
| Willowbrook | 5.9 miles | 15 | |
| Nickerson | 6.2 miles | 14 | |
| Partridge | 6.2 miles | 13 | |
| South Hutchinson | 8.0 miles | 15 | |
| Hutchinson | 8.4 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484760. 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.