BlockDale, Kansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Ninnescah Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67146. It stands on Little Dutch Creek. The Survey maps it on the Akron quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 14 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.
- 1890 USGS Wellington quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1955 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Akron quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Wellington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
105 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Dale between 2001 and 2020, burning about 1,062 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 5 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 | 54 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Other causes | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Cowley County | not named |
| 27 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Cowley County | not named |
| 14 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Cowley County | not named |
| 31 August 2008 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Cowley County | not named |
| 3 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Cowley County | 2017138 |
| 28 August 2003 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | Cowley County | not named |
| 18 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Cowley County | not named |
| 16 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Cowley County | not named |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484529. 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.