Boicourt, Kansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Valley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66075. It stands on North Sugar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Boicourt quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1887 USGS Mound City quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Mound City quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Boicourt quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Butler quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Boicourt quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
43 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Boicourt between 1996 and 2020, burning about 1,300 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 5 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 | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 576 |
| 25 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 19 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 acres | Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge | 1700-69 |
| 16 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.7 acres | Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge | GATLIN BALER |
| 4 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 130 |
| 28 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 171 |
| 24 April 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge | THE HILL |
| 2 April 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge | 1550/YARDLEY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Boicourt in 3 storm reports between 2007 and 2019: 2 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2007 | Flood | Boicourt | $250,000 | The Marais Des Cygnes River near Trading Post had major flooding, and had its second highest crest of 40.26 feet, or 15.26 feet above flood stage. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boicourt | $15,000 | Wind damage occurred to trees and a power pole. A tree fell onto a car. |
| June 2007 | Flood | Boicourt | - | The Marais Des Cygnes River at Trading Post began flooding on June 29, 2007 and continued through July 8, 2007. The crest was on July 2, 2007 and is detailed in the July 2007 Storm Data Report. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trading Post | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| La Cygne Corner | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| La Cygne | 5.9 miles | 16 | |
| Pleasanton | 6.4 miles | 15 | |
| Linn Valley | 7.4 miles | 15 | |
| Farlinville | 7.5 miles | 15 | |
| Mound City | 10.1 miles | 15 | |
| Cadmus | 10.8 miles | 14 |
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 Boicourt | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q122568761 | 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 477707. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.








