Blodgett, Kansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Otter Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67122. The Survey maps it on the Piedmont NW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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 Eureka quadrangle1:125000
- 1888 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Piedmont NW quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Blodgett between 2002 and 2018, burning about 7,215 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
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 March 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 60 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 45 |
| 31 March 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,000 acres | Greenwood County | not named |
| 30 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 71 |
| 20 March 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 120 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1600056 |
| 12 February 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,500 acres | Greenwood County | LILLIAM RANCH |
| 10 February 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Butler County | 22 |
| 8 November 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 500 acres | Kansas Counties | GREENWOOD |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piedmont | 5.2 miles | 14 | |
| Belleview (historical) | 11.8 miles | 14 | |
| Reece | 12.0 miles | 14 | |
| Severy | 12.5 miles | 19 | |
| Landergin (historical) | 13.0 miles | 14 | |
| Sallyards | 13.7 miles | 14 | |
| Climax | 14.3 miles | 19 | |
| Eureka | 16.5 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484701. 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.







