BlockDartmouth, Kansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Lakin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67530. The Survey maps it on the Ellinwood SW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1891 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Ellinwood SW quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
14 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Dartmouth between 2015 and 2020, burning about 76 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 July 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 26 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 18 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 15091 |
| 4 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 654 |
| 6 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Barton County | 424 |
| 4 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Barton County | 408 |
| 22 March 2015 | Smoking | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1500010 |
| 29 February 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 368 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dartmouth in 1 storm report in 2008: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dartmouth | $50,000 | One metal grain bin was destroyed at the Pawnee County Coop. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ellinwood | 3.5 miles | 16 | |
| Great Bend | 6.3 miles | 17 | |
| Anchorway | 9.1 miles | 17 | |
| Kanbrick | 10.3 miles | 17 | |
| Redwing | 11.0 miles | 13 | |
| South Hoisington | 12.0 miles | 13 | |
| Claflin | 12.6 miles | 13 | |
| Hoisington | 12.8 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484746. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.