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County Acres, Kansas

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Wichita City. It lies in ZIP code area 67212. The Survey maps it on the Wichita West quadrangle.

County Acres within Sedgwick County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 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

232 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 232 fires within 5 miles of County Acres between 2015 and 2019, burning about 52 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined137
Debris and open burning38
Equipment and vehicle use20
Smoking13
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Fireworks4
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural3
Other causes1

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
6 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreSedgwick County51490
4 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service49993
30 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSedgwick County56310
29 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service57628
28 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreSedgwick County55806
27 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service57132
24 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKansas Forest Service53833
23 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service56366

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sedgwick County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of County Acres: 4 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
Globe Construction Co. Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Oatville Sand & Gravel DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ritchie Sand and Dredge PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Vic's Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Sedgwick 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
Meadowview0.7 miles20
Westlink Village1.1 miles20
Rolling Hills1.2 miles20
Tyler2.1 miles20
The Dell2.3 miles20
Cow Town4.0 miles20
Cessna4.3 miles20
Prospect4.5 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 474031. 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.