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Dalbey, Kansas

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Walnut Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66002. It lies near Lang Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Oak Mills quadrangle.

Dalbey within Atchison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 26 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

14 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Dalbey between 2008 and 2018, burning about 868 acres in total. None 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/undetermined5
Arson/incendiarism4
Debris and open burning3
Fireworks1
Smoking1

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 July 2018Smokingunder an acreKansas Forest Service180648
13 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service180432
17 April 2018Arson/incendiarism667 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176765-00000-04172018-1710
15 April 2008Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAtchison Countynot named
13 April 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKansas Forest Service180317
9 March 2014Debris and open burning15 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 March 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAtchison County170216
4 March 2017Fireworksunder an acreAtchison County170208

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Atchison County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Dalbey: 7 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Bramble QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Rose QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Saint Pats2.7 miles26
Port Williams3.7 miles26
Oak Mills5.0 miles26
Atchison5.1 miles32
Potter6.0 miles21
Parnell6.9 miles27
Hawthorne7.4 miles21
Cummings9.3 miles21

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 Q122564799The 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 484846. 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.