Ewell, Kansas
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Springdale Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67031. The Survey maps it on the Milan quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 20 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.
- 1889 USGS Caldwell quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Caldwell quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Caldwell quadrangle1:125000, 10 printings
- 1955 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Milan quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Wellington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
22 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Ewell between 2015 and 2020, burning about 144 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 111 |
| 30 August 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 18020 |
| 1 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 81 |
| 10 June 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 73 |
| 2 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1500035 |
| 10 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1500033 |
| 8 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sumner County | 17008 |
| 30 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 43 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conway Springs | 4.3 miles | 19 | |
| Milan | 5.6 miles | 20 | |
| Argonia | 6.5 miles | 19 | |
| Milton | 7.6 miles | 19 | |
| Anson | 8.7 miles | 19 | |
| Suppesville | 9.3 miles | 19 | |
| Mayfield | 9.6 miles | 19 | |
| Millerton | 9.7 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484506. 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.






