BlockClay Center, Kansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Clay Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67008. It stands on North Branch Rock Creek. The Survey maps it on the Augusta SE quadrangle. It stands 1,352 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1888 USGS Eldorado quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1955 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Augusta SE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
12 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Clay Center between 2006 and 2020, burning about 86 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 48 |
| 29 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 28 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Cowley County | 59 |
| 25 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Cowley County | 54 |
| 4 April 2006 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Butler County | not named |
| 28 February 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 50 acres | Butler County | 25 |
| 21 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Butler County | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wingate | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Smileyville | 5.8 miles | 15 | |
| Bloomington | 6.7 miles | 14 | |
| Latham | 6.9 miles | 14 | |
| Bois d' Arc | 9.7 miles | 15 | |
| Pickrell Corner | 11.7 miles | 15 | |
| Leon | 11.8 miles | 15 | |
| Keighley | 12.6 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.
| Wikidata item Q34795637 | 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 484711. 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.