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Cochrane, Kansas

49 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Delaware Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66043. It stands on Ninemile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Leavenworth quadrangle.

Cochrane within Leavenworth County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 49 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

65 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Cochrane between 2015 and 2018, burning about 34 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/undetermined37
Debris and open burning19
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Arson/incendiarism1

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
26 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service834
8 July 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreKansas Forest Service657
28 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service734
21 July 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreKansas Forest Service709
9 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service556
19 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service1265
14 June 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service505
8 May 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLeavenworth County975

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Leavenworth County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Cochrane: 20 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Babcock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Farley QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Lansing QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Oberdick QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Pratt QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown LksStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Leavenworth 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
Richardson1.1 miles49
Wadsworth1.4 miles49
Lansing1.7 miles35
Xavier1.8 miles49
Bain City1.8 miles49
Hiatt2.5 miles37
Ettenson2.9 miles37
Maywood3.3 miles37

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484849. 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.