Antelope, Kansas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Clear Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66858. It stands on East Branch Clear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lincolnville quadrangle. It stands 1,371 feet above sea level.
On record in Antelope
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Amelia Park Bridgelisted 2004
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1898 USGS Cottonwood Falls quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Lincolnville quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Emporia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
13 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Antelope between 2015 and 2020, burning about 680 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Marion County | 23 |
| 5 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 180007 |
| 8 June 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Marion County | 17009 |
| 24 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Marion County | 38 |
| 7 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 19 |
| 4 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 250 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 19 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 140 acres | Marion County | 17006 |
| 3 February 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 13 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Antelope in 1 storm report in 2008: 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2008 | Hail | Antelope | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincolnville | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Pilsen | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Marion | 6.5 miles | 15 | |
| Eastshore | 6.5 miles | 15 | |
| Lost Springs | 9.0 miles | 15 | |
| Canada | 9.3 miles | 15 | |
| Oursler | 10.1 miles | 14 | |
| Ramona | 12.1 miles | 17 |
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 Antelope | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4771143 | 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 477249. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.




