BlockDrury, Kansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Falls Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67022. The Survey maps it on the South Haven 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
- 1965 USGS South Haven quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Wellington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
23 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Drury between 2015 and 2020, burning about 443 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 21113 |
| 23 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 21350 |
| 31 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 127 |
| 26 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 125 |
| 1 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sumner County | 21260 |
| 10 June 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 117 |
| 5 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 129 |
| 4 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 109 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Drury: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Clay Pits | Clay | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 470077. 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.