BlockBeto Junction, Kansas
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Key West Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66871. It stands on Sand Creek. The Survey maps it on the Waverly NW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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 Burlington quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Waverly NW quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Garnett quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Garnett quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
41 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Beto Junction between 2006 and 2018, burning about 777 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 | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Coffey County | 199 |
| 6 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 220 |
| 4 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Coffey County | 191 |
| 28 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 289 |
| 28 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 50 |
| 18 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 44 |
| 17 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Coffey County | 219 |
| 16 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 252 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halls Summit | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Waverly | 4.8 miles | 17 | |
| Agricola | 8.4 miles | 17 | |
| Sharpe | 8.5 miles | 16 | |
| Lebo | 8.6 miles | 17 | |
| New Strawn | 10.2 miles | 16 | |
| Ottumwa | 10.5 miles | 16 | |
| Jacobs Creek Landing | 13.5 miles | 16 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122548616 | 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 484823. 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.