BlockCottage Hill, Kansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Cottage Hill Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66548. The Survey maps it on the Blue Rapids SW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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 Marysville quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Marysville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Blue Rapids SW quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Blue Rapids quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
19 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Cottage Hill between 2015 and 2020, burning about 2,332 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 | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 2018013 |
| 2 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 8 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 7 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 130 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 7 April 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,075 acres | Marshall County | BLUE RAPIDS |
| 28 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 18248 |
| 15 April 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Riley County | 147 |
| 11 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Riley County | 141 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waterville | 6.5 miles | 15 | |
| Blue Rapids | 7.5 miles | 15 | |
| Bestwall | 9.5 miles | 15 | |
| Alcove Spring | 11.9 miles | 15 | |
| Shroyer | 12.5 miles | 15 | |
| Reedsville | 16.3 miles | 14 | |
| Marysville | 17.7 miles | 15 | |
| Carden | 18.3 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484637. 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.