Childs Acres, Kansas
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Park Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67205. It stands on Little Slough. The Survey maps it on the Maize quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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.
- 1889 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1941 USGS Maize quadrangle1:31680
- 1942 USGS Maize quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Maize quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Maize quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
130 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 130 fires within 5 miles of Childs Acres between 2015 and 2020, burning about 100 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 | 72 |
| Debris and open burning | 33 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 49993 |
| 24 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sedgwick County | 55187 |
| 30 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sedgwick County | 50072 |
| 25 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sedgwick County | 6037 |
| 20 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 6343 |
| 6 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 40360 |
| 5 July 2015 | Fireworks | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 37419 |
| 27 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 44772 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Childs Acres: 4 producers, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Globe Construction Co. Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Miles Sand Inc. Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Oatville Sand & Gravel Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ritchie Sand and Dredge Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Vic's Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maize | 2.5 miles | 20 | |
| Berwet | 3.4 miles | 20 | |
| Riverview | 3.8 miles | 19 | |
| Wichita Heights | 4.6 miles | 19 | |
| Valley Center | 5.0 miles | 19 | |
| County Acres | 5.1 miles | 20 | |
| Westlink Village | 5.4 miles | 20 | |
| Meadowview | 5.7 miles | 20 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122559257 | 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 484925. 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.









