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Coldspur, Kansas

36 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Sherman Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66012. The Survey maps it on the Bonner Springs quadrangle.

Coldspur within Leavenworth County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 36 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

124 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 124 fires within 5 miles of Coldspur between 2001 and 2020, burning about 209 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined74
Debris and open burning21
Equipment and vehicle use8
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Arson/incendiarism6
Smoking6
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
3 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service2460114
28 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service2710174
20 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service2630164
20 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service2630093
4 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Servicenot named
28 August 2018Naturalunder an acreKansas Forest Service2400166
13 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service2250085
1 August 2001Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresKansas State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Leavenworth County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Coldspur: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Bonner Springs Cement PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Bonner Springs-Plant #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Builders #2 Dredge & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Lenape1.5 miles22
Little Kaw2.2 miles36
Mahon2.6 miles36
Linwood6.1 miles23
Stone8.6 miles35
South Basehor8.6 miles35
Basehor9.5 miles35
Fall Leaf10.1 miles21

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 Q122573107The 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 484926. 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.