East Galena, Kansas
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Galena City. It lies in ZIP code area 66739. It stands on Spring Branch. The Survey maps it on the Baxter Springs quadrangle.
On record in East Galena
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Edgar Backus Schermerhorn Houselisted 1989 · 0.5 miles away- Kansas Route 66 Historic District-East Galenalisted 2003 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 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 Joplin quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1947 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Baxter Springs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
105 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of East Galena between 1992 and 2020, burning about 947 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 55 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 34 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 177 |
| 2 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 148 |
| 17 August 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177462-07341-08172018-1253 |
| 12 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 156 |
| 6 July 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 138 |
| 5 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 137 |
| 24 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179008-07341-07242019-1600 |
| 21 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 188 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 458 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 458 workings within 5 miles of East Galena: 458 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Lead, Zinc, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belleville Strip Pit | Zinc | Past Producer | 1900 | |
| Unknown | Zinc | Past Producer | 1890, 1916 | |
| W. C. Mine | Zinc | Past Producer | 1926, 1942 | |
| A. W. C. # 5 Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Alice of Old Vincennes Mines | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Banty Hen Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Barnett & Walker Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Beacon Hill Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Belleville Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Bendrum,Corbus and Others | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | 1850, 1885 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Galena | 0.6 miles | 18 | |
| South Galena | 0.8 miles | 18 | |
| Empire City | 1.3 miles | 18 | |
| Riverton | 4.0 miles | 18 | |
| Lowell | 4.2 miles | 18 | |
| Quakervale (historical) | 5.0 miles | 18 | |
| Badger | 5.9 miles | 19 | |
| Baxter Springs | 6.6 miles | 18 |
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 Q122598744 | 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 483099. 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.









