BlockBavaria, Kansas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Ohio Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67401. The Survey maps it on the Brookville quadrangle. 60 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,273 feet above sea level.
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 Brookville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Salina quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Salina quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
12 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Bavaria between 2015 and 2018, burning about 48 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 44 |
| 12 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 46 |
| 3 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Saline County | 43 |
| 11 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1423 |
| 8 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Saline County | 547 |
| 6 March 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2016007 |
| 22 March 2016 | Other causes | 20 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 2016012 |
| 19 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Saline County | 2017009 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phillips Village (historical) | 4.0 miles | 17 | |
| Hedville | 4.5 miles | 17 | |
| Smolan | 5.5 miles | 16 | |
| Brookville | 6.2 miles | 17 | |
| Salemsborg | 7.9 miles | 16 | |
| Salina | 8.2 miles | 16 | |
| Trenton | 8.4 miles | 16 | |
| Falun | 8.7 miles | 17 |
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 Bavaria | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4873636 | 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 476783. 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.