BlockCrane, Kansas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Sycamore Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67301. It stands on Gordon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Table Mound quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 17 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.
- 1886 USGS Independence quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Independence quadrangle1:125000
- 1905 USGS Independence quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Table Mound quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Coffeyville quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Coffeyville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
31 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Crane between 2015 and 2020, burning about 759 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 21 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 48 |
| 19 July 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1540119 |
| 9 June 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Montgomery County | 1740130 |
| 27 June 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Montgomery County | 1740141 |
| 28 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1860040 |
| 20 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Montgomery County | 1740098 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Crane: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independence Clay Pit | Clay | Producer |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484488. 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.