BlockAlta Mills, Kansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Garden Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67107. It stands on Sand Creek. The Survey maps it on the Halstead quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 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.
- 1891 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Halstead quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Alta Mills between 2010 and 2020, burning about 1,659 acres in total. 1 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 | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 May 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 18468 |
| 11 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,250 acres | Kansas Counties | PIONEER PASTURES |
| 16 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 43 |
| 8 February 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 3 November 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 350 acres | Harvey County | SANDHILL |
| 27 January 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 018-014 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paxton | 7.2 miles | 15 | |
| Burrton | 7.7 miles | 14 | |
| Hesston | 8.6 miles | 15 | |
| Halstead | 9.2 miles | 15 | |
| Zimmerdale | 10.8 miles | 18 | |
| Van Arsdale | 12.0 miles | 15 | |
| Patterson | 12.5 miles | 14 | |
| Sand Creek | 13.1 miles | 16 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122548409 | 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 484833. 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.