BlockAulne, Kansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Wilson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66861. The Survey maps it on the Marion quadrangle. It stands 1,407 feet above sea level.
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.
- 1889 USGS Newton quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Newton quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Marion quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Aulne between 2015 and 2018, burning about 21 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Marion County | 49 |
| 2 June 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 45 |
| 5 March 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 18016 |
| 3 March 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Marion County | 17016 |
| 12 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Marion County | 18 |
| 12 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Marion County | 19 |
| 4 February 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Marion County | 17009 |
| 14 February 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 16010 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Aulne: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marion Quarry #81g | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Aulne in 1 storm report in 2007: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2007 | Hail | Aulne | - | 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.
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 Aulne | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4821787 | 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 477370. 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.
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.