Elm Hollow Corner, Kansas
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Madison Township. The Survey maps it on the Keats quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 25 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 Junction City quadrangle1:125000
- 1889 USGS Junction City quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Junction City quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1947 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Keats quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Keats quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Keats quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Keats quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
58 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Elm Hollow Corner between 2003 and 2020, burning about 23,204 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1570 |
| 7 July 2018 | Fireworks | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1193 |
| 7 July 2018 | Fireworks | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1194 |
| 4 July 2018 | Fireworks | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1178 |
| 4 July 2018 | Fireworks | 3.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1175 |
| 30 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Riley County | 1375 |
| 23 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Riley County | 1333 |
| 2 July 2018 | Fireworks | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1161 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keats | 2.4 miles | 25 | |
| Eureka Lake | 4.7 miles | 25 | |
| Ogden | 5.4 miles | 25 | |
| Sunset Park | 6.2 miles | 27 | |
| Rocky Ford | 7.3 miles | 27 | |
| Manhattan | 7.5 miles | 27 | |
| Bluemont Hill | 8.1 miles | 27 | |
| Fairmont | 8.7 miles | 27 |
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 Q122570323 | 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 484776. 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.












