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Bismark Grove, Kansas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Grant Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66044. It stands on Burroughs Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lawrence East quadrangle.

Bismark Grove within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

144 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 144 fires within 5 miles of Bismark Grove between 2009 and 2020, burning about 1,798 acres in total. None started naturally. 21 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/undetermined61
Debris and open burning37
Arson/incendiarism21
Equipment and vehicle use10
Smoking9
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony1
Fireworks1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
7 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreDouglas County8594
22 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreDouglas County9130
8 August 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreKansas Forest Service7969
6 August 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service7898
5 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDouglas County7332
3 August 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service7782
29 August 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreDouglas County8263
26 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service7560

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Bismark Grove: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
Lawrence Quarry & Mill No.16Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Douglas 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
Lawrence1.6 miles19
Noria3.0 miles19
Midland3.5 miles23
Broken Arrow Park4.0 miles19
Eudora6.6 miles21
Sibleyville7.0 miles19
Weaver7.7 miles21
Kanwaka8.7 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484878. 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.