Bosse, Kansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Center Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67854. The Survey maps it on the Jetmore SE quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1892 USGS Ness quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Ness quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Jetmore SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Larned quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Bosse between 2017 and 2020, burning about 311 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 17 May 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Hodgeman County | 1 |
| 30 January 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 301 acres | Hodgeman County | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jetmore | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Hanston | 6.8 miles | 15 | |
| Orwell | 8.0 miles | 15 | |
| Gray | 11.3 miles | 15 | |
| Dungans Crossing | 13.6 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484756. 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.






