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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 26 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 Oskaloosa quadrangle1:125000
- 1888 USGS Oskaloosa quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Oskaloosa quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1948 USGS Oak Mills quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1951 USGS Oak Mills quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Oak Mills quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1984 USGS Oak Mills quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
14 since 2008Regional 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/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 July 2018 | Smoking | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 180648 |
| 13 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 180432 |
| 17 April 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 667 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176765-00000-04172018-1710 |
| 15 April 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Atchison County | not named |
| 13 April 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 180317 |
| 9 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Atchison County | 170216 |
| 4 March 2017 | Fireworks | under an acre | Atchison County | 170208 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bramble Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Rose Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past 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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Pats | 2.7 miles | 26 | |
| Port Williams | 3.7 miles | 26 | |
| Oak Mills | 5.0 miles | 26 | |
| Atchison | 5.1 miles | 32 | |
| Potter | 6.0 miles | 21 | |
| Parnell | 6.9 miles | 27 | |
| Hawthorne | 7.4 miles | 21 | |
| Cummings | 9.3 miles | 21 |
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 Q122564799 | 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 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.










