BlockCicero, Kansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Harmon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67152. The Survey maps it on the Dalton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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.
- 1890 USGS Wellington quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1955 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Wellington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
60 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Cicero between 2002 and 2020, burning about 1,406 acres in total. None 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 | 26 |
| Debris and open burning | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 798 |
| 6 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 799 |
| 19 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 133 |
| 1 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 909 |
| 25 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 682 |
| 30 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Sumner County | 749 |
| 30 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Sumner County | 750 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cicero in 1 storm report in 2008: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cicero | $125,000 | A semi tractor trailer was over turned on the Kansas Turnpike near mile marker 24. Several flags were blown down that were used for the Memorial Day celebration. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverdale | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Wellington | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Belle Plaine | 5.2 miles | 14 | |
| Dalton | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Zyba | 7.4 miles | 14 | |
| Roland | 7.8 miles | 14 | |
| Whitman | 8.1 miles | 14 | |
| Bushnell | 9.8 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 Cicero | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q17986490 | 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 484504. 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.