BlockCullen Village, Kansas
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Williamsport Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66619. The Survey maps it on the Wakarusa quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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 Burlingame quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Burlingame quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Wakarusa quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Wakarusa quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
189 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 189 fires within 5 miles of Cullen Village between 2006 and 2020, burning about 565 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 7 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 | 86 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 65 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Shawnee County | 15043 |
| 3 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Shawnee County | not named |
| 19 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 17228 |
| 15 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1024 |
| 4 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 14133 |
| 3 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 14091 |
| 20 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 948 |
| 12 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 916 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pauline | 1.6 miles | 18 | |
| Terra Heights | 2.6 miles | 18 | |
| Berryton | 3.8 miles | 18 | |
| Wakarusa | 3.9 miles | 18 | |
| Mathews Park | 4.6 miles | 18 | |
| Lindbloom Park | 5.2 miles | 16 | |
| Highland Park | 6.0 miles | 21 | |
| Auburn | 6.5 miles | 17 |
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 Q122540685 | 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 479070. 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.