BlockCruppers Corner, Kansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Lincoln Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67501. The Survey maps it on the Elmer quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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 Cheney quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1891 USGS Cheney quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1901 USGS Cheney quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Elmer quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
39 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Cruppers Corner between 2015 and 2018, burning about 275 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 150 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 80 |
| 2 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 75 |
| 2 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 76 |
| 26 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2920 |
| 23 August 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 240 |
| 11 August 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 242 |
| 4 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 194 |
| 24 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2812 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elmer | 0.5 miles | 13 | |
| Darlow | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| South Hutchinson | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Yoder | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Whiteside | 4.7 miles | 16 | |
| Hutchinson | 6.3 miles | 15 | |
| Castleton | 7.2 miles | 14 | |
| Obeeville | 7.7 miles | 15 |
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 Q122554822 | The 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 473643. 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.