Dalton, Kansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Avon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67152. The Survey maps it on the Dalton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1890 USGS Wellington quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1955 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Wellington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
41 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Dalton between 2001 and 2020, burning about 1,497 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 15019 |
| 4 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 682 |
| 30 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Sumner County | 749 |
| 30 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Sumner County | 750 |
| 26 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 670 |
| 25 July 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 26 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 25 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wellington | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Oxford | 5.5 miles | 14 | |
| Cicero | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Paton | 6.2 miles | 13 | |
| Whitman | 6.3 miles | 14 | |
| Adamsville | 8.3 miles | 13 | |
| Belle Plaine | 8.6 miles | 14 | |
| Bushnell | 8.7 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484503. 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.




