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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1886 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1947 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Crestline quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 2014Regional 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 burning | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Cherokee County | 92 |
| 21 March 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 27 acres | Cherokee County | 90 |
| 23 December 2018 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 196 |
| 8 January 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Cherokee County | 4 |
| 12 January 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 600 acres | Cherokee County | EMPIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 307 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Klondike Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Mattes Bros. Chat Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Belleville Strip Pit | Zinc | Past Producer | 1900 | |
| Isherwood Mine | Zinc | Past Producer | 1925, 1926 | |
| 1915 Mine West Shafts | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Admiralty Mine | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Albert Mine | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Allegheny Mine | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | 1865, 1915 | |
| Banta Mine | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Barnsdall #2 Mine | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crestline | 3.9 miles | 19 | |
| Lawton | 4.4 miles | 19 | |
| Empire City | 4.8 miles | 18 | |
| Galena | 5.7 miles | 18 | |
| East Galena | 5.9 miles | 18 | |
| South Galena | 6.5 miles | 18 | |
| Riverton | 6.9 miles | 18 | |
| Quaker | 6.9 miles | 20 |
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.









