B N Junction, Kansas
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Lincoln Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66067. The Survey maps it on the Ottawa South quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 19 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.
- 1885 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:125000
- 1889 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1947 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Ottawa South quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
73 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of B N Junction between 2015 and 2020, burning about 264 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 were 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 | 32 |
| Debris and open burning | 26 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1500057 |
| 18 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1192 |
| 4 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 180156 |
| 25 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1057 |
| 25 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1052 |
| 20 July 2018 | Fireworks | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1035 |
| 16 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1009 |
| 16 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1016 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ottawa | 3.7 miles | 19 | |
| Ottawa Junction | 5.0 miles | 18 | |
| Princeton | 5.0 miles | 17 | |
| Imes | 6.0 miles | 17 | |
| Homewood | 6.6 miles | 17 | |
| Richter | 6.6 miles | 17 | |
| Peoria | 6.7 miles | 17 | |
| Ransomville | 9.0 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484899. 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.







