BlockColeman, Kansas
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Valley Center Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67135. The Survey maps it on the Maize quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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.
- 1889 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1941 USGS Maize quadrangle1:31680
- 1942 USGS Maize quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Maize quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Maize quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
50 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Coleman between 2015 and 2020, burning about 295 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 6811 |
| 2 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Harvey County | 18213 |
| 4 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 5045 |
| 26 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 5680 |
| 22 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Sedgwick County | 5183 |
| 2 July 2020 | Fireworks | 3.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 30 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 30 June 2015 | Fireworks | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 418 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bentley | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Valley Center | 5.2 miles | 19 | |
| Berwet | 5.5 miles | 20 | |
| Maize | 5.9 miles | 20 | |
| Childs Acres | 6.7 miles | 20 | |
| Colwich | 7.0 miles | 14 | |
| Trails View | 7.1 miles | 19 | |
| Riverview | 8.6 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484656. 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.