Chevron, Kansas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Valley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67871. The Survey maps it on the Shallow Water quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1940 USGS Scott City quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Scott City quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Scott City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Scott City quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Shallow Water quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Scott City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Chevron in 2016, burning under an acre 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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 February 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 7 |
| 18 January 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shallow Water | 4.2 miles | 10 | |
| Hutchins | 8.8 miles | 10 | |
| Scott City | 11.7 miles | 10 | |
| Modoc | 15.1 miles | 10 | |
| Grigston | 15.7 miles | 8 | |
| Manning | 19.5 miles | 8 | |
| Pence | 25.2 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484923. 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.





