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Belmont, Kansas

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Topeka City. It lies in ZIP code area 66607. It stands on Deer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Topeka quadrangle.

Belmont within Shawnee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 21 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

515 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 515 fires within 5 miles of Belmont between 2006 and 2020, burning about 636 acres in total. None started naturally. 109 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/undetermined242
Debris and open burning112
Arson/incendiarism109
Smoking22
Equipment and vehicle use11
Fireworks5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Other causes4
Recreation and ceremony2

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
8 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreShawnee County15240
3 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKansas Forest Service16182
29 September 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresShawnee County127
29 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKansas Forest Service15109
26 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service14941
25 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreShawnee County951
22 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service17446
22 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKansas Forest Service14677

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shawnee County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Belmont: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
East Topeka Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Kansas Sand and Concrete DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Shawnee 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
Oakland1.4 miles21
Highland Park2.2 miles21
Topeka2.4 miles21
North Topeka2.5 miles21
Tecumseh2.9 miles22
Mathews Park3.6 miles18
Lindbloom Park4.3 miles16
Spencer5.4 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 478760. 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.