BlockArcola, Kansas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Carneiro Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67425. The Survey maps it on the Brookville SW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 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.
- 1892 USGS Salina quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1942 USGS Salina quadrangle1:125000
- 1955 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Brookville SW quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Salina quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Salina quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Arcola between 2015 and 2017, burning about 35 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 67 |
| 23 July 2015 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 47 |
| 11 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Saline County | 35 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terra Cotta | 1.4 miles | 18 | |
| Carneiro | 5.2 miles | 14 | |
| Yankee Run | 8.2 miles | 14 | |
| Venango | 8.2 miles | 18 | |
| Kanopolis Lake Park | 9.8 miles | 16 | |
| Kanopolis | 12.2 miles | 14 | |
| Langley | 14.2 miles | 16 | |
| Midway | 15.2 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 476778. 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.