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Badger, Kansas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Shawnee Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66739. The Survey maps it on the Crestline quadrangle.

Badger within Cherokee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

5 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Badger between 2014 and 2018, burning about 634 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
Debris and open burning3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Arson/incendiarism1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
23 March 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreCherokee County92
21 March 2017Arson/incendiarism27 acresCherokee County90
23 December 2018Debris and open burning4.0 acresKansas Forest Service196
8 January 2017Debris and open burning2.0 acresCherokee County4
12 January 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined600 acresCherokee CountyEMPIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cherokee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 307 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 307 workings within 5 miles of Badger: 305 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Zinc, Lead, Zinc, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Klondike PitClayPast Producer
Mattes Bros. Chat PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Belleville Strip PitZincPast Producer1900
Isherwood MineZincPast Producer1925, 1926
1915 Mine West ShaftsZinc, LeadPast Producer
Admiralty MineZinc, LeadPast Producer
Albert MineZinc, LeadPast Producer
Allegheny MineZinc, LeadPast Producer1865, 1915
Banta MineZinc, LeadPast Producer
Barnsdall #2 MineZinc, LeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cherokee County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Crestline3.9 miles19
Lawton4.4 miles19
Empire City4.8 miles18
Galena5.7 miles18
East Galena5.9 miles18
South Galena6.5 miles18
Riverton6.9 miles18
Quaker6.9 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484436. 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.