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Coalvale, Kansas

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1884 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Lincoln Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66711. The Survey maps it on the Arma quadrangle.

Coalvale within Crawford County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 24 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

54 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Coalvale between 2015 and 2020, burning about 596 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 were 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/undetermined23
Debris and open burning21
Arson/incendiarism6
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
27 June 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKansas Forest Service2015-16
6 May 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKansas Forest Service014-006
26 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service018-055
11 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKansas Forest Service2018-09
11 April 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreKansas Forest Service2018-10
10 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service018-049
9 March 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresKansas Forest Service015-028
7 March 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service015-027

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crawford County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Coalvale: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown - ClayClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Crawford County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Gross1.0 miles24
Red Onion2.0 miles24
Mertz2.1 miles24
Arcadia2.3 miles26
Barber3.3 miles24
Croweburg4.1 miles24
Mulberry4.3 miles26
Englevale4.4 miles24

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 CoalvaleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q17986564The 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 475157. 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.